Sago vrat kichadi

Ingredients:

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Sabudana (Sago or Tapioca pearls) – ¾ cups
Oil – 1 ½ tablespoons
Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon
Green chilies – 2, chopped finely
Curry leaves – 7-8
Potato – 1 small or ½ cup, cut into small cubes
Rock salt (Sendha namak) –to taste
Roasted and crushed peanuts – 2 tablespoons
Desiccated coconut – 1 tablespoon
Lemon juice – 1 teaspoon
Sugar – ½ teaspoon. Optional
Cilantro or coriander leaves – few sprigs, chopped finely

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How to make Sabudana Khichdi

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1) Wash sabudana under running cold water till water runs clear. Soak the sabudana in enough water for 2-3 hours or overnight. Check out tips section.

2) After it get soaked, sabudana will swells up almost all the water and they will becomes almost triple in size. Drain any excess water from it using strainer. Let it drain at least 10 minutes. This is very important step to avoid stickiness of sabudana.

3) Let’s check sabudana is soaked properly or not. When you press one soaked pearl between your finger and thumb, it should mash very easily without any effort.

4) Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot, add cumin seeds. Let them sizzle.

5) Then add chopped green chilies and curry leaves. Saute for 30 seconds.

6) Then add cubed potatoes and sendha namak. Mix well.

7) Cover the pan and cook till potatoes and cooked. Mine are crispy and browned because I used wide pan and potatoes are in single layer. If using wok or potatoes are overcrowded then they will be soft. Either way tastes good, it’s all about preference.

8) Once potatoes are cooked, add crushed peanuts and coconut.

9) Mix well and cook for 1-2 minute.

10) Then add soaked-drained sabudana. if sabudana is drained properly, they will stay separated. Otherwise they will stick to each other.

11) Mix gently; sprinkle some water (about a tablespoon).

12) And cook for 4-5 minutes till sabudana pearls are soft and transparent. Make sure to stir, so it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan. If you overcook the sabudana then it will become chewy and will stick to each other and make a big clump.

13) Finally add some lemon juice and sugar. Mix well and garnish it with chopped cilantro.