Sabudana Khichadi

Sabudana Khichadi! One of the favorite food right from my childhood memories. I remember when we were kids and mom used to fast then she used to always make sabudana khichadi. I used to love it so much and now when I think of it I believe we used to fast along with her :) as we used to eat khichadi and nothing else. As you may have guesses by now this is  a very popular recipe during fasting time...Yes! Such as Navratri , MahaShivaratri  , Ganesh Chaturthi ... and any other fasting day. 

This is a quick recipe but one has to keep in mind that the sabudana needs to be soaked properly to make a perfect khichadi. There are variety of sabudana available in the market. The soaking time for sabudana depends on the quality of sabudana you have. The one which I used requires to be soaked overnight while some require to be soaked for 2-3 hours.

Sabudana Khichadi

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sabudana (Sago or Tapioca Pearls)
• 1/2 cup Peanuts, roasted and crushed
• 1/2 cup Potatoes, boiled
• 5-6 green chillies
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/4 cup coriander, chopped
• 6-8 curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
• pinch of Salt 
• 1 tbsp Butter or Ghee
• 1 tspn grated coconut (optional)
• 1 tspn lemon juice

Method:

• Wash the sabudana under running cold water till you remove the starch. Soak the sabudana in enough water. 
• Next day after well soaked you will notice the sabudana is now soft and double in its size and has soaked all the water .
• Keep aside.
• Dry roast the peanuts till brown and after cooling down crush them in a grinder. keep aside.
• Grind the green chillies and cumin seeds.
• Cut the boiled potatoes into small cubes.
• Heat ghee in a pan. Once hot, add the grinded mixture of cumin seeds and green chillies.
• Fry it for a minute. Now add the potatoes and the crushed peanuts. Fry the mixture for a minute or two.
• Now add the sabudana,salt and sugar. Mix well.
• Close the lid and cook this mixture on low flame for 5-6 minutes. Make sure you stir in between so that the sabudana does not stick to the pan. Also, add a tsp of ghee to make it more soft and flavorful.
• Remove the lid and garnish with cilantro.
• Sabudana khichadi is ready to serve. Squeeze some lemon juice and grated coconut before serving.