Vegetable saagu

Ingredients 

Vegetables needed 

Dried green peas—2 cups 

Carrot-2 medium sized 

Potatoes (aloo//alugedde)—1 big 

Onion (irulli//pyaz)—1 medium 

Tomato—1 medium

You can  even take vegetables like 

Beans,navilukosu (knol khol),seeme badanekayi (chayote),or fresh green peas.

Ingredients for grinding 

Fresh grated coconut—1/4 to 1/2 cup

Hurigadale ( roasted gram//fried gram)—2 tablespoon 

Ghasghase (poppyseeds//khus khus)—1 tablespoon 

Jeera (jeerige//cumin  seeds)—1 teaspoon 

Dalchini (cinnamon sticks)-1 inch piece 

Lavanga (cloves)——2

Green chillies—2

Onion( irulli//pyaz)—1 small

coriander leaves (kothambari soppu)—chopped—2 tablespoon 

Transfer all the ingredients given for grinding into a mixer jar and and grind to smooth paste adding little water.

Ingredients for seasoning (oggarane)

ghee or Oil—1 tablespoon

Sasive (mustard seeds)—1 teaspoon 

Jeera (jeerige//cumin seeds)—1 teaspoon 

Asafoetida (hing//ingu)—1 teaspoon 

Turmeric powder (arisina//haldi)—1/2 teaspoon

Curry leaves (karibevu//kadipatta)-few

Salt to taste 

Sugar—1 teaspoon 

Method 

Wash and soak  dried green peas overnight and pressure cook for 4 to 5 whistles.

 wash and Chop all the other vegetables into cubes.

heat oil in a pan or kadai,once hot enough add mustard seeds and jeerige.

After it crackles add asafoetida,curry leaves and sauté on medium flame.

Add in chopped vegetables  together along with turmeric powder,and add little water and cook .

Keep stirring in between.

Once the vegetables are cooked add boiled green peas and mix well.

Add in ground masala paste along with salt and sugar .

Saagu should be thick gravy consistency.so don't add too much water.

Let it boil on medium flame .

Switch off the stove once done.

Now vegetables saagu is ready  to serve

Serve with poori,chapattis,roti,rice,dosa,set dosa.

This is typical Karnataka and Mysuru style vegetable saagu.