How to cook vegetable saagu

Saagu is a curry-like dish popular in the southern parts of India. It goes well with rice, chapati, puri, idli and dosa. Puri-saagu is a particularly well-loved combination.

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Soak poppy seeds in water for a couple of hours.

Soak poppy seeds in water for a couple of hours.

Add the poppy seeds (with water), coconut, chillies, coriander, cinnamon and cloves into a blender...

Add the poppy seeds (with water), coconut, chillies, coriander, cinnamon and cloves into a blender...

...Grind this into a fine paste.

...Grind this into a fine paste.

Boil beans, carrots, potatoes and peas along with salt (to taste) until the vegetables are cooked.

Boil beans, carrots, potatoes and peas along with salt (to taste) until the vegetables are cooked.

Add the paste obtained in Step 3 to the cooked vegetables, mix well and continue heating this for around 15-20 minutes. Stir the contents regularly.

Add the paste obtained in Step 3 to the cooked vegetables, mix well and continue heating this for around 15-20 minutes. Stir the contents regularly.

The contents should gradually become thicker, and vegetable saagu is ready.

  • 8.0 Green chillies
  • 1/4bnch Coriander leaves
  • 1.0in Cinnamon
  • 5.0 Cloves
  • 1/2c Grated coconut
  • 50.0g Poppy seeds
  • 1.0 Potato
  • 2.0 Carrots
  • 200.0g Beans
  • 1.0Tbsp Salt (to taste)
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