Sabudana Kichadi | How to make Sabudana Kichadi
Sabudana or Sago or tapioca pearls are used in the dish called Sabudana Kichadi. This is a breakfast recipe, as well as you can use it for fasting when you are keeping any Vrat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sabudana or Sago
- 1-2 Green chilli chopped
- 1/2 cup Peanuts roasted
- 1-2 Potato medium sized chopped
- 6-7 Curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon Jeera
- 2 teaspoon Coriander leaves chopped
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- Salt as required
Instructions
- This recipe cannot be done instantly, Sabudana needs to be soaked in water overnight.
Notes
- Soak the Sabudana previous night itself otherwise atleast 3-4 hours of soaking is required based on the type of Sabudana.
- Next day drain the water using the strainer or colander. Spread over the thick cloth, so water will be removed from Sago pearls. they should not be sticky.
- Take a pan and roast the peanuts till they become little brown. Once cooled make coarse powder in dry grinder. Meanwhile keep the vegetables chopped.
- In the same pan heat the 2 tablespoon of oil, put jeera, curry leaves, chopped green chilli, and grated ginger. Saute well until the raw smell of ginger goes away.
- Then add chopped potato and saute well. You can cover the pan with the lid till the potato is cooked, but you need to saute very often in between.
- Once the potato become smooth then add Sabudana pearls, salt and mix well. then add coarsely powdered peanuts and mix properly.
- When Sabudana pearls started getting translucent and well mixed with the other ingredients, then sprinkle lemon juice and switch of the flame.
- Mix well, garnish with the coriander leaves and serve hot.