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Sabudana Khichdi (Spicy Tapioca)
January 12th, 2010 filed under Appetizers, Snacks, Vegan
Sabudana also known as Tapioca makes a great Khichdi. This recipe is mildly spiced and peanuts give it a light crunch. Tapioca khichdi is great for breakfast or as a snack and it tastes delicious.
This is a great gluten free dish.
Recipe for 3 to 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups tapioca (sabudana)
- 1/2 cup broken raw peanuts (mungfali)
- 1/2 cup green peas (hari matar)
- 2 green chilies sliced long ways
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- About 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro (hara dhania)
Method:
- Gently wash then soak tapioca (sabudana) in about 1/2 cup of water for 6 to 8 hours.
- Roast the peanuts on medium heat, until they are lightly brown. Keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away then oil is ready.
- Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds after seeds crack add green chilies and stir for a few seconds.
- Next add the green peas and stir fry until peas are tender.
- Add the soaked tapioca (sabudana) and stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes ,
- Add turmeric, and salt and stir fry on medium heat continuously until tapioca (sabudana) becomes translucence, looks like pearls. Stir gently and making sure tapioca doesn’t get sticky and stuck to each other. This should take about 6 to 7 minutes.
- Add peanuts, lemon juice and cilantro (hara dhania), stir gently.
- Serve hot and ENJOY!
Tips:
- To save time soak the tapioca in warm water for about 2 to 3 hours water should not be hot.
- If you don’t stir continuously tapioca will stick to each other.
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Hi,
Like Justin said, I also used Bob’s Red Mill Small Pearl Tapioca from Henrys. Its all sticking and lost its shape. Is it really tapioca or sago.Do you think sago is different from tapioca? Can you please tell us the brand of tapioca you had used.
Try washing the soaked tapioca. Wash it well under running water. Hope that helps.
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hi, like aarti said, mine turned in to bubblegum or rubber as well. i was using Bob’s Red Mill Small Pearl Tapioca. The moment they hit the pan they started sticking together no matter what I did. What kind of pearls do you recommend? I think that is what aarti was asking for a brand recommendation about, not the immersion unit.
Hi Arti and Justin,
Tapioca should be soaked good 3 to 4 hours. Use the fork to separate the tapioca before cooking. Heat should be medium low if pan is very hot tapioca may stick and become rubbery.
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Dear Manjulaji,
Thankyou for this recipe. It looks tempting. I have earlier tried to make Sabudana khichdi many times in India during upwaas and it used to come out very well – every sabudana grain separate like pearls.
But since I have moved to UK, don’t know whats wrong with the brands here, it sticks together like chewing gum.
Can you please suggest some good brands you think I might find here in UK.
Sabudana is not called tapioca, its called Sago.
Arthy, the model numbers change over the years and I don’t have the packaging any longer.
I have a hand-held immersion unit where the lower half with the blade detaches and the upper motor unit fits onto the top of a container with a blade at the bottom.
The container probably holds about 3 cups. It’s not too big which I like because it works well for grinding things like cilantro into chutney. If the container is too large, the small amount of cilantro I use would never get ground up.
Check out different stores and ask sales people for input. Just go with a better quaility brand and you should do well.