Foods of India are better known for its spiciness. Throughout India, be it North India or South India, spices are used generously in food.

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    Sunday 8 March 2015

    INGREDIENTS

    1 cup sabudana or tapioca pearls
    2 small to medium size potatoes/aloo
    ½ cup roasted peanuts/moongphali
    8-10 curry leaves/kadi patta (optional)
    1 tsp grated ginger/adrak (optional)
    1 green chili/hari mirch, chopped
    1 tsp cumin/jeera
    ¼ cup grated fresh coconut (optional)
    ½ to 1 tsp sugar or as required
    ½ to 1 tsp lemon juice or as required
    (optional)
    2 tbsp oil
    rock salt as required

    METHOD

    1. soak sabudana overnight or for 3-5 hours.
    2. next day drain the sabudana very well and
    keep aside in a bowl.
    3. boil the potatoes and when warm peel and
    chop them.
    4. in a pan dry roast the peanuts till browned
    and when cooled make a coarse powder in
    a mortar-pestle or in a dry grinder.
    5. mix the coarsely powdered peanuts, salt
    and sugar with the drained sabudana.
    6. now heat oil. fry the cumin first till they
    crackle and get browned.
    7. now add the curry leaves and green chilies.
    fry for half a minute and then add the
    grated ginger.
    8. stir till the raw smell of the ginger goes
    away. now add potato and saute for 1-2
    minutes.
    9. add the sabudana. keep on stirring the
    mixture.
    10. when the sabudana looses their
    opaqueness and starts becoming
    translucent they are cooked.
    11. don't over cook as they might become
    lumpy and hard.
    12. lastly add grated coconut. mix well. close
    the fire.
    13. while serving garnish sabudana khichdi
    with coriander leaves and drizzle with
    some lemon juice.
    14. serve sabudana khichdi hot.

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