Aloo sagu recipe
Discover how to make Aloo sagu, a delicious potato-based curry, with a detailed recipe guide accompanied by step-by-step pictures and a helpful video. This flavorful sagu, also known as kurma or curry, is prepared using potatoes, carrots, onions, and tomatoes. Aloo sagu is a versatile dish that can be served as an accompaniment with chapathi, dosa, or poori. One of the advantages of this recipe is its simplicity, as there is no need for any grinding process.
Ingredients
- 4 tsp cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp gram dal or chana dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- A big pinch of asafoetida
- 1cm length ginger
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 – 5 curry leaves
- 1 – 2 green chili
- 1 big onion
- 1 small carrot
- 1 tomato
- 2 medium sized potato
- 2 tsp gram flour or besan
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions
- Cook, peel and mash the potatoes. Chop onion and tomato. Grate the carrot. Mince ginger and garlic.
- Take 4 tsp of oil in a wok or frying pan and heat it. Now prepare tempering using mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal and gram dal.
- Add in slit green chilies, curry leaves, minced ginger, minced garlic, asafoetida and turmeric powder.
- Add in chopped onions and fry until soft.
- Add in chopped carrot and fry until soft.
- Add in chopped tomatoes and fry until soft.
- Add in mashed potatoes.
- Take gram flour, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt in a bowl. Add in a cup of water and give a quick mix.
- Add this spice and gram flour water and give a quick mix.
- Bring it to boil and continue boiling for 5 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve it with dosa or poori or chapathi.
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