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This dish is known as sabudana usuli is my region (Gulbarga, North Karnataka) and this is slighlty different from maharashtra style of preparing sabudana khichdi. People have this as fast dish / snack. And this is prepared esp during Shiv ratri. We all break our fast with fruits, usuli and kheer on that evening after we are done with Shiv pooja.

Serves 2
Soaking time – 3.5 hrs
Preparation time – 30 mins

Ingridients:

Sabudana / Pearl Sago – 2 cups
Onion – 1 medium
Green chilies – 5 (adj to taste)
Curry leaf – 1 strand
Coriander leaf – 2 strands
Roasted gram – 3 tbsp (grind to coarse powder)
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil – 5 tbsp

Method:

Wash and soak sabudana with ¾ cup of water. After 2 hrs check to see if water is completely absorbed by sabudana and there is enough moisture to leave it for 1.5 hrs more. If appears dried, sprinkle few drops of water, cover and leave it for 1.5 hrs more.

After completion of 3.5 hrs, carefully break sticked sago so as to have each pearl sepearted.

To the seperated pearls, add roasted gram powder, salt and mix properly. The misture should taste slightly salty then required. Once its added to onion seasoning prepared, it tastes right.

In a frying pan add 5 tbsp of oil, as it heats up, add mustard seeds. Let it splutter. Then add cumin, curry leaves & onion. Saute till onion turn translucent. Add cut green chilies, turmeric powder and saute for few more seconds.

Readuce heat to low and add sago. Mix and toss with closed lid and leave it for a minute.

Garnish with coriander leaf and serve hot.


Happy cooking; Enjoy eating!