Vegetable Saagu

Vegetable saagu is popular in Karnataka.To make vegetable saagu different varieties of vegetables are used, the most common being beans, carrots, potatoes. green peas, tomato and onion.Saagu goes well with poori, chapathi and dosa.

Ingredients:

1 cup of vegetables( Beans, carrot,avarekaalu i.e surti lilva)

1 Potato

1/2 Onion

1 Tomato

1/2 Cup grated coconut

3 Tbsps Dalia

4 Green chillies

2 Small sticks of cinnamon

A little cilantro

1/2 tsp Turmeric

Salt

Water

2 Tsp Oil

1/2 Tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 Tsp Urad dal

Method:

Pressure cook the vegetables for about 2 whistles with little salt and turmeric.See to it that that the vegetables do not get mushy.Grind the coconut, dalia, green chillis,cinnamon and cilantro to a fine paste.

Heat oil in a kadai, add the mustard seeds.Once it splutters add the urad dal.Add the pressure cooked vegetables ,ground paste, salt and adequate amount of water and allow the paste to blend into the vegetables.The gravy should not be too thick or too watery.serve hot with pooris or dosas or chapathi.I made this to go along with pooris.