Pearl sago
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Pearl sago (also known as sabudana lit. "whole grain" in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, and Oriya, সাবুদানা shabudana or সাগুদানা shagudana lit. "sago grain" in Bengali, javvu arisi in Tamil, sabbakki in Kannada and saggu biyyam in Telugu) are a food item used in South Asian cuisine. The grains resemble tapioca and are small (about 2 mm diameter) dry, white balls. When cooked they turn from their opaque white color to translucent, and become soft and spongy. In northern and western India it is most commonly used in fasting dishes, such as sabudana khichdi (generally made using soaked sabudana, fried with potatoes, chilli and peanuts) and sabudana vada. In South India they are used to make small pappadam wafers, sabudana vada and also for making a variant of a sweet semi liquid dessert called kheer or payasam.
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