Sabudanu Khichdi
The sweet, nutty, slightly sweet fasting dish made with tapioca pearls
Prep: 250 min
Cook: 15 min
Total: 260 min
Servings: 4

Ingredients
- 1 cup tapioca (soaked for 4 hours)
- 1 medium potato (finely diced (about 1 cup chopped))
- 3 tbsp ghee (or oil)
- 2 Tbsp almond flour
- 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1-2 green chilies (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Soak sabudana (tapioca) with just enough water to cover. Drain soaked tapioca in a colander for 10 minutes. Do not stir it too much as they will break.
- Heat ghee in a skillet.
- Add cumin seeds and green chilies. Cumin seeds should sizzle and pop.
- Add potatoes and cook.
- When potatoes are cooked, add tapioca, salt, sugar, and almond flour.
- Cook for 2 minutes only. Gently stir, being careful not to break the sabudana pearls.
Nutrition
- Calories: 283
- Carbohydrates: 45
- Protein: 1
- Fat: 11
- Saturated Fat: 7
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3
- Cholesterol: 29
- Sodium: 43
- Potassium: 242
- Fiber: 2
- Sugar: 3
- Vitamin A: 11
- Vitamin C: 12
- Calcium: 21
- Iron: 2