Nia Sharma, the popular television actress and model, who is known for her bubbly personality and impeccable acting skills recently took a brief break from her tight schedule to spend some time in the kitchen. Confessing in her latest Instagram video, a few of the reasons for trying her luck in the kitchen are: she wanted to cook something for her mother, it’s Navratri, and the actress wanted to make up for failing in a recent cooking show.
Making the most of the nine-day festival, Navratri and her mother’s love for sabudana (tapioca pearls), she took it upon herself to make sabudana khichdi and sabudana tikki. Posted with the caption, “Current hobby: Cooking for mom (Navratri special). Or lowkey trying to prove I can cook, after all,” Nia Sharma’s latest Instagram reel features the actress making two vrat-friendly dishes.
The video starts with Nia Sharma chopping some rinsed and peeled potatoes. She also chops a few green chillies and sets them aside. Next, she sautees the most important ingredients for sabudana khichdi – peanuts and curry leaves. Once the peanuts are golden brown, the actress adds chopped potatoes and green chillies and cooks till the potatoes are soft. Finally, she adds in soaked sabudana and stirs the mixture.
Once thoroughly cooked, Nia Sharma shapes the mixture into patties and half-fried them to make sabudana tikki. Giving a sneak peek whilst saying, “That’s how my tikkis look,” the Television celebrity takes some of the mixture to prepare the khichdi. Next, she adds lemon to the khichdi revealing, “I like everything so khatta.” After garnishing the sabudana khichdi with coriander leaves, Nia Sharma asks the viewers to serve it hot.
Parallelly, she takes her sabudana tikkis to the next level by making a chaat. Layering the crispy tikki she fried, Nia Sharma adds curd on top of them and seasons the plate with spices, imli chutney, and spicy hari chutney. After garnishing with pomegranate seeds, she gives a little peek to the viewers to reveal the final look.