Bihar Sabudana Khichdi
Tapioca pearls cooked with peanuts, potato, and cumin. Bihar Navratri vrat food and light fasting meal.
Ingredients
Garnish
- Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)
Main
- Sabudana (Tapioca Pearls) — 250 g (soaked)
- Potato — 100 g (chopped)
- Peanuts — 40 g (whole)
- salt (optional) (whole)
Tempering
- Cumin Seeds — 1 tsp (whole)
- Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
Method
- Wash the sabudana in water two to three times, then soak it in just enough water to cover it for 3 to 4 hours or until the pearls turn soft and translucent.
- Boil the potato, peel and cut it into small cubes.
- Dry roast the peanuts lightly, cool them and coarsely crush half of them, keeping the rest whole.
- Heat mustard oil in a kadai till it smokes lightly, then add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
- Add the potato cubes and saute for 2 to 3 minutes till lightly golden on the edges.
- Add the soaked sabudana, crushed and whole peanuts, and salt, mixing gently on low flame so the pearls do not stick or turn mushy.
- Cook for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, till the sabudana turns glossy and translucent.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve the sabudana khichdi hot.
Common questions
- Bihar Sabudana Khichdi ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- बिहारी साबूदाना खिचड़ी ko English mein Bihar Sabudana Khichdi likhte hain.
- Ek plate Bihar Sabudana Khichdi mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 363 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 495 min lagta hai — 480 min taiyari, 15 min pakana.