Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana Khichdi is a gluten free pilaf made with Tapioca Pearls. This khichdi is made in Gujarat on fasting days and during the festival of Navratri. My mom is visiting, and so I had to record her uber delicious recipe for you guys.
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Servings: 5 People
Ingredients
- 2+1/2 Cups Tapioca Pearls/ Sabudana
- 1+1/3 Cup Water
- 4 Tbsp Castor Sugar
- 1 Tsp Cinnamon and Clove Powder To Make this Roast 1 Cinnamon Stick with 10 Cloves. Pulse it in the spice grinder.
- 3 Tbsp Ghee/ Oil Add Oil to make it Vegan
- 1+1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds
- 6-7 Curry Leaves
- 1 Tbsp Freshly Grated Ginger
- 2 Thai Green Chilies Roughly Chopped
- 3 Medium Potatoes Diced
- Salt to Taste
- 2 Tsp Red Chili Powder I am using Kashmiri Red Chili Powder for the beautiful color. If you are making it for fasting and you don't eat red chili powder, skip adding the red chili powder.
- 1 Cup Coarsely Crushed Peanuts Roast the peanuts. In a food processor, pulse the peanuts until they are coarsely crushed.
- 1 lemon/ lime
- Handful of Cilantro Roughly Chopped
Instructions
- Rinse and Soak the Tapioca Pearls. Rinse using as much water as shown in the picture, for about 5-6 times. Then soak the tapioca pearls overnight in water.
- To the fluffed Sabudana, add sugar and cinnamon and clove powder. Keep it aside.
- In a heavy bottom pan, add ghee/oil. Once hot add cumin seeds and curry leaves. Let them Splutter
- To this add freshly grated ginger and chopped green chilies
- Next add in the potatoes. Add salt. Cover and let the potatoes cook.
- Once the potatoes are cooked, add coarsely crushed peanuts, red chili powder and the fluffed tapioca pearls. Now add in the lemon juice, roughly chopped handful of cilantro. Mix everything well. Check for salt. Add more if required
- Cover it and cook for 5 mins.
- Serve Hot with Yogurt on the side and garnished with some more cilantro.