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Onion sagu recipe

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"Discover the flavorsome Onion Sagu, also known as Eerulli Sagu, with a comprehensive recipe guide featuring step-by-step pictures . This Karnataka-style Onion Sagu, also referred to as Saagu, is commonly served as a side dish for set dosa or poori. It is a vegetable kurma known for its soft and mild taste.
This Sagu recipe utilizes onions, tomatoes, and a fresh ground masala. In Sagu recipes, the quantity of spices used is generally kept low in comparison to the amount of vegetables. The aim is to create a mild and gentle flavor profile rather than an overly spicy one. In Karnataka cuisine, the combination of Set Dosa with Vegetable Sagu or Poori with Vegetable Sagu is highly popular and cherished."
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 - 3 large onions
  • 1 tomato
  • Big pinch turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil / Ghee
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • 1 red chili
  • 4 - 5 curry leaves
  • Salt as per your taste

Ingredients for grinding:

  • 1/2 cup grated coconut
  • 1cm length ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds or powder
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds or powder
  • 1 tbsp roasted gram / hurigadale / putani
  • 1 tsp poppy seeds / gasagase
  • 1 - 2 green chili
  • 1/2 finger length cinnamon
  • 4-5 cloves
  • 1 cardamom
  • 2 tbsp coriander leaves
  • few mint or pudina leaves

Instructions
 

  • Take all the ingredients listed under "for grinding" as per the measurement.
  • Transfer all the above ingredients along with coconut into a mixe jar or blender. And make a fine paste using required water. Set it aside.
  • Take 2 tbsp of oil in a wok or frying pan and heat it. Now prepare tempering using mustard seeds, urad dal, red chili and curry leaves.
  • Add in chopped onions and fry until soft.
  • Add in chopped tomatoes and give a quick mix.
  • Add in turmeric powder, salt and little water. Adding all these help in fast cooking.
  • Add in turmeric powder, salt and little water and fry until tomatoes are soft.
  • Add in ground masala and required water.
  • Adjust salt level and mix well. Please note you have already added some salt. The sagu shall have thick gravy consistency. Bring it to boil and continue boiling for 5 minutes under low flame. Serve it with set dosa or poori or chapathi.

Nutrition

Fat: 31.7g
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