Poori with Saagu

Here is the recipe for poori with saagu which is a curry prepared mainly with besan flour.

Saagu Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 large onion finely sliced
Besan flour 2 sp
Mustard seeds 1 sp
Cumin seeds 1/2 sp
Curry leaves few
Turmeric 1/2 sp
Freshly grated Coconut 1 sp
Green chillies 2
Garlic cloves 4
2 small potatoes
Green peas 1/2 cup
1 small Carrot chopped
Few green beans chopped (optional)
Salt to taste
Oil 1 sp

Method:

  1. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let them splutter.
2. Then add onions, curry leaves and fry till onions turn slightly brown.
3. Make a paste of green chillies, grated coconut, garlic cloves by adding some salt and add this paste to the onions and cook for a minute.
4. Now add turmeric powder and mix.
5. Then add all the vegetables like potatoes, peas, carrots, beans and add some salt and cook for 3-4 mins.
6. Now add a cup of water and cook the vegetables till they are soft.

7. Take the besan flour in a small cup, add water and mix well and make sure there are no lumps.
8. Now add this besan mixture to the pan and keep mixing to avoid lumps.
9. Add some more water if required as this curry will thicken when it cools flown. So leave it a little thinner consistency and simmer for few minutes, garnish with coriander leaves and then serve hot with poori.

Poori Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 cup wheat flour
1 cup maida/plain flour
Curd 2 sp (optional, this makes poori to be soft and fluffy)
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:

1. Prepare the dough by mixing all the ingredients listed except oil by adding enough water. The dough should not be too soft/sticky and if should not be too hard.
2. Kneed it properly so that poori will be fluffy.
3. Now take small dumplings of the dough and roll them using a rolling pin.
4. Now heat oil in a pan for deep frying. Make sure oil is not too hot and fry the pooris in medium flame. Serve hot with Saagu or Chole masala or Methi Chole .