Sabudana Kichidi | Saggubiyyam Upma

sabudana khichdi is usually made during fasting days like navratri or mahashivratri or ekadashi. sabudana khichdi is an easy snack, breakfast recipe.

Ingredients

sabudana - 1 cup
potatoes - 1 or 2
Roasted peanuts powder - 1/2 cup
peanuts - 2 tbsp
curry leaves - 1 string
ginger/adrak - 1 tsp grated (optional)
green chili - 1 chopped
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
grated fresh coconut - 1/4 cup(optional)
sugar as per taste(optional)
lemon juice - 1/2 tsp or as required (optional)
oil - 2 tbsp
salt to taste
turmeric - 1/4 tsp
hing 1/4 tsp

Instructions 

1. Wash and soak sabudana overnight or for 4-6 hours. 
2. Next day drain the sabudana very well and keep aside in a bowl. 
3. Boil the potatoes and when warm peel and chop them. 
4. Now heat oil, add cumin seeds and fry till they crackle and get browned. 
5. Now add the curry leaves, peanuts and green chilies, fry for half a minute and then add the grated ginger. 
6. Stir till the raw smell of the ginger goes away. now add potato, turmeric, hing and saute for 1-2 minutes. 
7. Add the sabudana, peanut powder, salt, sugar and mix well keep on stirring the mixture. 
8. When the sabudana looses their opaqueness and starts becoming translucent they are cooked.
9. it takes hardly 6 - 7 min to get transparent. Don't over cook as they might become lumpy and hard. 
10. Lastly add grated coconut. mix well, adjust the taste. switch off the flame 
11. While serving sabudana khichdi, drizzle with some lemon juice and serve hot.