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Sabudana Pulao
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Sabudana Pulao

🇮🇳 Indian

Fasting-day sabudana pulao, pearl-tapioca and peanut. The centrepiece format: spiced rice that needs nothing else on the table. A bowl of plain yogurt and pickled onions is all it wants.

Prep 22 min Cook 52 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, thinly sliced
  • Green Chili2
  • Ghee2 tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
  • Whole Garam Masala Spices2 tsp
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Peanuts1/2 cup, roasted
  • Sago (Sabudana)1 cup, soaked

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash the sago (sabudana) till the water runs clear and let it soak while you build the masala; drain before it goes in.

  2. 2

    Melt ghee over medium flame, toast the whole spices briefly, then add the sliced onions.

  3. 3

    Cook the onions down till sweet and bronze, add the paste and spices, and fry till the oil gleams at the edges.

  4. 4

    Stir in the potato, cook briefly, then fold in the rice with a light hand so the grains don't break.

  5. 5

    Add salt and hot water, boil, then cover with a tight lid and a tawa underneath to stop scorching; steam till done and rest before serving.

Chef's tip

Fresh spices make the dish — if yours smell of nothing, the dish will taste of nothing.

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