Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana Khichdi is a Maharashtra Indian breakfast dish made with sabudana, roasted peanut powder, potato, green chillies and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 25 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~410 kcal
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Maharashtra (Indian)
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Ingredients
Quantities below are a guide for a typical household portion — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- 1 cup sabudana (sago pearls)
- 1/2 cup roasted peanut powder
- 1 medium potato, peeled and diced
- 2 green chillies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 tbsp ghee
- Rock salt (sendha namak) to taste
- 1 tsp sugar
- Lemon juice and fresh coriander for garnish
Method
- 1Rinse sabudana well, then soak in just enough water overnight or for 4-5 hours until soft.
- 2Drain any excess water completely from the soaked sabudana.
- 3Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds, green chillies, and curry leaves.
- 4Add diced potato and cook until tender. Add sabudana, peanut powder, salt, and sugar.
- 5Mix gently but thoroughly, ensuring sabudana pearls are separate.
- 6Cover and cook on low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring once or twice.
- 7Garnish with fresh coriander and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve warm.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
