Sabudaana(Tapioca Pearls/Sago) Upma!

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Posting a very popular breakfast recipe.... Most of them love this prep & call it Sabudaana Kichdi & I have fail to understand why? Cuz the preparation is similar to the way we would prepare any other upma (dry tempered prep) rather than a kichdi (watery mushy mashed prep)... 😠

Anyways.... We all prepare it differently as per our likes & dislikes & here is my way 😍

Ingredients :

A. 1st Phase (1st Step to this prep)

Sabu daana - 2 cups (Serves 2-3)

Water - 1 Cup (Ratio is 2:1)

Salt - a generous Pinch

B. 2nd Phase

Peanuts - 1/2 To 3/4 cup

Potato - 2 medium (with or without skin - washed & diced)

C. 3rd Phase

Onion - 2 medium/1 big (finely chopped)

Green Chilies - 4-5 chopped

Ginger - 1 tbsp (finely chopped)

Lemon - 1/2 deseeded

Curry Leaves - 1 sprig full

Cumin Seeds - 1 & a 1/2 tsp

Hing - 1 tsp

Pepper Powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Ghee/Oil - 1 tbsp

Salt To Taste

Sugar To Taste

Coriander Leaves - 2-3 sprigs (finely chopped)

Instructions :

A. 1st Phase

Wash Sabu daana under running water... Now empty it into an air tight container with a lid... Now add 1 cup of water & sprinkle generous amount of salt over it, cover & refrigerate the container overnight....

B. 2nd Phase

1) Dice the potatoes... Add a lil salt... Mix well & keep aside for at the least 15 minutes for the potatoes to absorb the salt.... Meanwhile you can chop & cut the ingredients & set aside too... Once done deep fry those potato pieces for 3-4 minutes & keep aside... (you can use boiled & diced potatoes too... But I prefer deep fried ones)

2) Dry roast the peanuts & set aside to cool... Once cool, blow away the skin & pound them down into tiny edible pieces with the help of pestle & mortar... (do not grind them in a mixie for it would turn into a paste)

C. 3rd Phase

Heat oil/ghee in a wok/pan... Once its hot, add in cumin seeds... once it splutters add in a dash of asafetida (Hing) & then add in chopped chilies + ginger & sauté for a minute & then add chopped onions & fry till translucent....

Now add the fried or boiled potatoes & mix well for sometime... Then add in curry leaves & crushed peanuts & stir fry further....

Now add in the Sabu daana & mix well... Then sprinkle the required amount of salt + pepper powder & mix... 

Then squeeze in the lemon juice + a dash of sugar & give it a last good mix....

Then garnish it with chopped coriander leaves & serve hot...

It is better relished hot cuz eventually when it cools down it gives a lot of job to your molar teeth making your jaws ache.... 😛😜😝😶

Find the video for the same below... 

Do give this simple process a try & do lemme know how it turned out in your wok :)

UNTIL NEXT, KEEP THE FAITH!!!