Monday, May 28, 2018

Mixed Vegetable saagu


Ingredients:

Green beans - 1/2 cup 
Chopped Carrots - 1/2 cup 
Potato - 1 medium
Chopped onion - 1/2 cup 
Fresh / soaked peas - 1/2 cup 
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
Curry leaves - Few
Fresh/frozen coconut - 1/2 cup
Fried gram dal/hurigadale/pottu kadalai - 1 1/2 Tbsp 
Poppy seeds /khus khus/gasagase - 2 Tsp
Green chillies - 4
Cilantro/coriander leaves - 1 Tbsp (Finely chopped)
Water - As required
Salt - As required
Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
Hing - A Pinch
Mustard - 1/4 tbsp
Curry leaves - Few

Method:

1) Boil 2 cups of water.
2) Add all the vegetables to the boiling water. Then add salt, turmeric powder, and curry leaves, and mix well.
3) Let it boil on medium heat for 10 minutes or until the peas and beans become tender.
4) Grind coconut, fried gram dal, poppy seeds, green chillies, coriander leaves and a little bit of onion into a fine paste. Adjust the water to get the consistency when grinding.
5) Add this paste to the partially cooked vegetables.
6) Let it cook for another 8 to 10 minutes on medium low heat. Stir continuously.
7) In a small pan, add oil, Mustard, Hing, curry leaves and add this seasoning to the boiling saagu.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.


Note:

1)If using dry Peas, then soak 1/4 cup dried peas 3 to 4 hours,which yields 1/2 cup soaked peas.
2) Vegetables can be more or less than 1/2  cup.



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