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Sabudana khichidi

A healthy, delicious and a quick Maharashtrian breakfast recipe with sabudana or tapioca pearls. Serve it with some coconut chutney and enjoy a hearty meal
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Soaking time 8 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Snack
Cuisine: Indian, Maharashtrian
Calories: 427

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sabudana or sago pearls
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup potatoes boiled and roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup pink peanuts roasted & coarsely crushed
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 fresh chilis finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp ghee use oil for a vegan option
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 5-6 tbsp coriander leaves chopped
  • salt to taste

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot with lid

Method
 

  1. Wash the sabudana or sago pearls and soak them overnight in the water. They will absorb all the water, bloom and become soft by the morning
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  2. Just before you are going to begin cooking, mix the crushed peanuts, salt and sugar with the bloomed pearls
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  3. Heat the cooking pot with the ghee. Once it melts, add the cumin seeds, chilis and the potatoes
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  4. When potato chunks catch a slight colour, add sabudana and peanuts mixture. Mix gently but throughly, cover and cook on a low flame, until the pearls turn transparent. Turn the heat off and stir in the lemon juice
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  5. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve the sabudana khichdi fresh and hot with a spicy coconut chutney on the side and some masala chai. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • Choose the slightly thicker variety of sago pearls for this recipe
  • You could also use store bought roasted peanuts for this recipe
  • The sugar and lemon juice are essential components of this recipe. It gives a lovely rounded flavour
  • Adding the chilis is optional
  • 1 cup = 250 millilitres
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon