What a Standard Serving Actually Contains
A single cup of cooked sabudana khichdi, the portion most people consider one modest serving, contains roughly 330 to 380 kilocalories, depending on the quantity of ghee and peanuts used. The ICMR's food composition tables list raw sabudana (tapioca pearls) at approximately 349 kcal per 100 grams, almost entirely from starch. Once soaked, the pearls swell and absorb water, so the cooked weight looks more substantial than it is, but the caloric density of the starch itself does not dilute proportionally. A typical home preparation uses 80 to 100 grams of raw sabudana per person. Before a single spoon of ghee enters the pan.
