SABUDANA KHICHDI ( Navratri special )

Sabudana Khichdi is one of the most popular comfort food in India. Mostly prepared when fasting. As today marks the first day NAVRATRI , most women in india are on fasting for 9 days for Goddess Durga and hence all the delicious fasting food will be made all week.
This is a beautiful dish , sabudhana coated with crunchy roasted peanuts and sautéed with potatoes using spices with generous squeeze of lemon. A true humble meal for folks of all ages.
Wishing all of you A very HAPPY NAVRATRI.

Recipe: 
(Serves 3)
Ingredients:

• 250 gm Sago (SABUDANA ) - soaked
• 2 big Potatoes - boiled and diced small 
• Few chilies small cut
• 2 tbsp Roasted peanuts - fine crushed
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp sugar 
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds
• Fresh Lemon juice 
• Rock Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

• Wash the Sabudana once and soak for 4 hours in an air tight container ( water level for soaking should be just one inch above the sabudana washed)
• Put oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, potatoes and mix for 2-3 mins.
• Add peanuts crushed , chilies and mix for 2-3 mins.
• Now add sabudana , salt , pepper, sugar , mix nicely  till the sago turns transparent , may take 5 mins... 
• Once done, serve with freshly squeezed lemon juice.

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