Mixed Vegetables* 2 cups Onion 1 Oil 3 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Lemon juice 1 tsp Red chili 1 To grind into paste Coriander seeds 2 tsp Cumin seeds 1 tsp Cashew nuts 6 Garlic 6 cloves Ginger a small piece Coriander leaves few Mint leaves few Coconut 3 tblsp Cinnamon a small piece Cardamom 2-3 Whole black pepper 1 tsp Khus khus |khasa khasa 2 tsp ** *Veggies is used carrot, beans, potato,green peas and chow chow. You can add cauliflower, turnip too. **Since we don’t khus khus in Singapore, i replaced with cashew. But if you get khus khus in your place please add it to get the authentic Karnataka Veg saagu.
Chop the veggies into cubes. Slice the onions into small. Slit the green chilies.
Grind all the ingredients under the head “to grind into paste”. No need to roast this. If adding khus khus skip the cashew nuts. You can add 1 tsp of chutney dal|pottukadalai to this while grinding. Grind this into a fine paste using little water.
In a pan add oil and add mustard seeds, red chili (i forgot) urad dal, curry leaves and green chili. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the chopped onions.
Let this cook for a while. Saute in a low flame till the onions become pink. Add the ground masala to this. Cook for 2 minutes in a low flame.
Add the cut veggies to this. Add 1 cup of water to this. Add salt to this and cover it and cook for 15 minutes or till the veggies get cooked. Stir in between. Alternatively you can do the entire process in a pressure cooker. If using that method, after this stage cover the cooker and pressure cook for 1-2 whistles.
Once done switch off the flame. Add finely chopped coriander leaves. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
Veg sagu is ready to serve. You can serve this with set dosa or poori or chapathi too. Rava idli also goes well with sagu, but generally for rava idli they make potato sagu only.
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