Indian households are familiar with sabudana or tapioca pearl, a favourite breakfast and evening snack. Be it in the form of sabudana khichdi or kheer, it offers a whole range of health benefits.
Let’s discuss them in detail and answer some of the common questions about them.
What is Sabudana?
Although sabudana is used for fasting, a larger population is still unaware of what sabudana is and how sabudana is made.
Sabudana, also known as sago, is starch and contains carbohydrates. It is collected from the spongy centre of tropical palm trees. The tapioca plant’s root is used to extract the starch; then, the starch is transformed into small, pearl-like spheres. This is how sabudana is made.
Sabudana Nutrition
One cup of sabudana contains
- 544 calories
- 135 g carbohydrates
- 30.4 mg calcium
Nutritional value of sabudana increases due to its content of:
- Iron – 2.4 mg
- Magnesium – 1.52 mg
- Potassium – 16.7 mg
- Fibre – 1.37 g
- Protein – 0.29 g
- Fat – 0.03 g
