How to soak Sabudana

How to Soak Sabudana in Marathi

How to Soak Sabudana

Method:
1) Put Sabudana into a deep bowl. Wash gently for about 10 to 15 seconds with luke warm water.
2) Drain all the water. Cover sabudana with water just enough to barely cover it.
3) Cover the bowl with lid and let it rest for atleast 4 hours.
Sabudana has to be soaked really well. It should not be hard at the core. However, each pearl should be separate.

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Tips:
1) Do not use hot water for soaking sabudana. Hot water makes sabudana sticky.
2) Quantity of water should be decided according to the quality of Sabudana. Sometimes, sabudana is very crumbly and does not soak much water. In that case, wash the sabudana as per above method, drain all the water. Cover with the lid and let it sit for 4 hours. Sprinkle little water if requires.
3) Always cover the sabudana bowl with lid. If kept uncovered, the upper layer of sabudana becomes hard.