Badami Saagu

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Total Time:
15-30 minutes
Serves: 6
Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Cuisine: Indian Recipe
Technique: Boil Recipe
Difficulty: Easy

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Ingredients

  • About 3 cups - frozen vegetables
  • 1 - potato, big (chopped and cooked)
  • 1/2 - tomato, chopped (about the size of 2 Roma tomatoes)
  • 2 tbsp - canola oil
  • 6 to 8 - curry leaves
  • 1 tsp - mustard
  • 1/2 tsp - turmeric
  • To be ground for masala:
  • 1.5 cups - powdered almonds
  • 1/2 cup - onion, chopped
  • 5 to 6 - curry leaves
  • 4 to 6 - green chillies
  • A handful of coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 tsp - ginger
  • 1/2 tsp - poppy seeds
  • 1 pinch - ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch - ground nutmeg

How to Make Badami Saagu

  • Grind all the ingredients listed for masala into a fine paste and keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they start spluttering, reduce the heat so that the other ingredients you add do not burn.
  • You can turn up the heat when you add the vegetables.
  • Next add curry leaves and turmeric.
  • Then add chopped tomatoes and after it becomes soft, add other vegetables and fry a little bit until tender.
  • Add just enough salt, then add the masala paste.
  • Bring it to a boil.
  • If this is too hot and spicy, add a tsp of sugar and another tomato (chop and fry separately).

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