Monday, January 10, 2011

Sabhudhana/sago kichdi


Ingredients:
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  • Sago / javarisi(in tamil) - 1 cup
  • Red chillies - 3
  • green chillies - 4
  • Jeera - 2 tsp
  • mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • chopped cilantro and shredded coconut - for gaarnishing
  • salt - 1 tsp
  • sugar - 1 tsp
  • lemon juice - extracted from 1 lemon
  • peanuts - 2 handful
  • ghee /oil - 3 to 4 tsp


method:
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  • Soak the sago in water over night.
  • Drain the excess water completely.
  • The sago should have puffed up really well.
  • Chop the potato into very small pieces.
  • Dry roast the peanuts and peel off the skin.
  • Grind together the roasted peaanuts,red and green chillies,salt,sugar into a coarse powder.
  • Add the coarse powder into sago and mix well thoroughly.

  • Heat a kadai,add ghee and mustard seeds, crushed jeera .
  • When it splutters,add the potato pieces with a pinch of turmeric powder.
  • Saute well sprinkling little water.Cook covered for 3 to 5 min till the potatoes get cooked.

  • Add the sago to it and keep mixing till it becomes tender.
  • Take care when you mix.Do not mash it ,at the same time do not let it get burnt as it sticks easily to the kadai.
  • Squeeze lemon juice and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and shredded coconut.
Serve hot.You dont need any side dish for this kichdi.

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