Vegetable Saagu

      A quick recipe which can be prepared during the busy weekdays.. it tastes great with Poori (click here for poori recipe). Kids love this recipe and its a healthy way to feed vegetables to them...it's also very mild in flavours as it doesn't have any strong spices added.

Ingredients:

Beans chopped - 1/2 cup

Carrot chopped - 1/2 cup

Potato (1 med size) chopped

Green peas - 1/2 cup

Onion (1 med size) chopped

Green chillies - 2

Fried Bengal gram - 1/4 cup

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Coriander chopped - 1/4 cup

Curry leaves - 2 stalks

Oil for tempering

Salt for taste

Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp

Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Method:

Heat water in a pan and add all the chopped vegetables to it until they are just cooked. Also add half of chopped onion and one stalk of curry leaves into the pan.. let the vegetables soak in onion and curry leaves flavour.

Meanwhile grind coconut, chilles, fried Bengal gram, half onion and coriander together with little water to form a paste.

Once the vegetables are cooked add the ground masala to it. If required add more water as it's going to thicken because of coconut and bengal gram. Add salt and mix well.

Cook for 5 more minutes till the gravy thickens and then temper it with mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida .

Enjoy with some hot Pooris...

Happy Cooking !!