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TARKAARI SAAGU / MIXED VEGETABLE SAAGU




Preparation time: 30 min, Cooking time: 20 min, Yield: Serves:3-4

INGREDIENTS:


SI NO
CONTENTS
QUANTITY
1
POPPY SEEDS
1 TBSP
2
ROASTED CHANA DAL
2 TBSP
3
COCONUT
3 TBSP
4
GREEN CHILIES
5-6
5
CILANTRO
FEW
6
GINGER
1 INCH
7
CINNAMON STICKS
1-2
8
CLOVES
2-3
9
CARDAMOM
1
10
SALT
TO TASTE
11
MIXED VEGETABLES
1 CUP
12
FROZEN PEAS
1/4 CUP
13
ONION PIECES
FEW








  











METHOD:

Wash and chop all the vegetables. (I have taken Beans, Carrot and Potato and peas)  Cook chopped vegetables with ½ tsp of salt and double the volume of water till soft, and keep it aside.

In a mixer jar grind poppy seeds, roasted Chana dal, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and cardamom into fine powder. Then add coconut,raw green chili, cilantro, and onions with little water into fine paste.


Add ground saagu paste,salt, into boiled vegetables and cook for about 3-4 min stirring continuously.switch off the heat and keep it aside.



Heat the oil in a  seperate pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add asafoetida/hing and saute.Pour the seasoning into vegetable saagu and mix well.

 Hot vegetable saagu is ready to serve with poori or chapatti.


TIPS:

If saagu becomes thick add little water and cook.




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