Sabudana Khichdi (Tapioca Pilaf)
Sabudana Khichdi (Tapioca Pilaf) is a Vegan, Gluten-free recipe that can be enjoyed during the fasting days. Great source of carbs that will keep you energized throughout the day.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
Prep Sabudana night before.
- 1 cup Sabudana (Tapioca)
- Water, as needed.
For Khichdi
- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil or Ghee
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 7-8 Curry leaves
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped Green Chillies
- ½ cup Coarsely grounded peanut powder
- 1 Large Potato
- 2 tsp Salt
- ½ cup Cilantro, finely chopped
Instructions
Soaking and prepping sabudana
- Rinse sabudana under running tap water until most of the starch is washed away and water is clear. Soak sabudana in water and keep it aside for 4-5 hours. Pour enough water to submerge sabudana completely. Using more water will make your khichdi sticky and gooey.
- Sabudana have swelled and puffed double in size. Take them out in colander and let it drain completely.
- Add peanut powder and salt to sabudana pearls and keep it aside.
Preparing Khichdi
- Heat ghee in a medium non-stick skillet. Add cumin seeds and let it crackle. Then add curry leaves and finely chopped green chilies. Let it saute for 30 seconds.
- Next, add sabudana and peanut mixture to a pan. Mix gently until everything is well-combined. Let it cook for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook until the sabudana is clear and transparent. Sabudana pearls become chewy if cooked for longer. It may start sticking to one another.
- Once the sabudana is cooked, add boiled and peeled potatoes. You won't have to cook potatoes for too long, since they are already cooked. Make sure to cook potatoes with a pinch of salt.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve with chilled plain yogurt or buttermilk. Enjoy it any time of the day.
Notes
- Soak sabudana in just enough water until all the pearls are submerged. Soaking in too much water will make khichdi sticky and gooey.
- Roasting peanuts gives nutty flavor to khichdi.
- Make sure to use a non-stick pan, so that the pearls don't get stuck to the pan.
- Avoid mixing too much.
- Do not overcook it. Overcooking will make it chewy.