Set Dosa In Addition To Saagu ( Pancakes Served Amongst Vegetable Stew Made Amongst Kokosnoot Sauce) ; Meatless Monday

This by summer, I went on a opor-garai to India. When I was there, nosotros had been on a route trip to Shirali, Karnataka, where our household unit of measurement temple is located. Enroute there, nosotros stopped for breakfast at a Brahmin hotel inward Kundapur. The breakfast was delicious! 

There, I had the best set dosas ever! It was served alongside pipage hot Saagu as well as kokosnoot chutney. That alongside the filter coffee, totally made my day! Set dosa is null but  a bunch of dosas served inward a set of 2 or four.

These dosas are never served alone. They are served traditionally alongside Saagu as well as kokosnoot ginger chutney. 

Saagu is null but a spiced mixed vegetable stew inward kokosnoot sauce. This dish is purpose of traditional cuisine of Brahmins residing inward the Mysore-Bangalore part of Karnataka State inward India. This agency that nosotros never made it inward our homes.

The other day, I was nostalgic as well as craving the Saagu. I instantly reached out to my high-school buddy who is a Brahmin residing inward Bangalore (who likewise happens to live an fantabulous gear upwardly herself), for the recipe. She was sort plenty to chop-chop post it to me via messenger! I instantly made it this by weekend as well as coupled it alongside the set dosa, which I likewise like! I was inward Saagu heaven! It tasted every fleck equally skilful equally I remembered as well as some more!! Thank y'all Smitha for the recipe!

It is rattling tardily to brand as well as is a filling, consummate breakfast.

For the Set Dosa:

Servings: 3-4

Ingredients:

Raw rice: 1 1/2 cups
Urad dal: 1/2 cup
Methi seeds: 1/4 tsp
Poha( beaten rice): 1/2 cup
Salt: 1 tsp( accommodate equally needed)
Sugar: 1 tsp
Water: for soaking as well as grinding
Coconut oil: to grease the griddle ( whatsoever cooking crude oil tin post away live used).

Method:

Soak  rice, urad dal as well as methi seeds inward H2O for 4-5 hours or overnight .

After the soaking period,  grind the to a higher identify mixture alongside only plenty H2O to brand a fine batter.

Soak 1 fistful of poha inward H2O for 10-15 mins. Add it to the to a higher identify dry reason mixture as well as blend it together.

Pour everything inward a bowl. Add tabular array salt as well as saccharide as well as mix well.Let it ferment for 6-8 hours or overnight.

Heat a tawa/ griddle on medium heat, grease it alongside a lilliputian coconut  oil.  

Take a ladleful of batter as well as position it on the center  of the griddle. Spread it inward a concentric circle to the thickness of a pancake. Cover as well as gear upwardly on rattling depression open fire until done. 

Flip the dosa and gear upwardly on the other side for a minute. I sometimes flip the dosa and sometimes I don't, equally my kids  similar their dosa milky white.

Serve hot alongside kokosnoot chutney as well as Saagu.

Enjoy! I am bringing this to my favorite spider web log parties: Fiesta Fri # 107 which I am co-hosting with Margy @ La Petite Casserole  , Throwback Th #27 as well as Saucy Saturday.

For Saagu:

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:

Green beans : only about 10
Carrots: 1 medium-sized
Red potato: 1 medium-sized
Green peas: 1/2 cup
Tomato: 1 medium
Water : 2 cups
Salt: 1/2 tsp

To grind:

Freshly grated coconut: 1 cup
Green chillies: 2-3 ( tin post away live adjusted equally per private taste)
Tamarind: marble-sized
Cumin seeds ( jeera): 1 tsp
Ginger: 1/2 inch piece
Cinnamon stick: 1 cms piece
Cloves: 2
Cardamom: seeds from 2 pods
Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
Water: 1 cup

For tempering:

Coconut oil: 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig

For garnishing:

Chopped cilantro: 2 tbsp

Method:

Peel as well as chop the Irish Gaelic patato to large chunks. Chop the dark-green beans into 1 inch pieces. Peel the carrots as well as cutting them into 2-inch long, 1 cms thick pieces. Dice the tomatoes big. Add all the vegetables into a pot alongside the peas, tabular array salt as well as H2O as well as convey it to a boil. Reduce the open fire to medium as well as gear upwardly until tender. Turn off the open fire as well as proceed aside.

While the vegetables are cooking, add together all the ingredients listed nether " to grind" to a blender or nutrient processor as well as grind to a fine paste.

Add this to the cooked vegetables. Mix well. On medium heat, convey the mixture to a boil. Turn off the flame.

Tempering:

Heat kokosnoot crude oil on medium estrus inward a frying pan/skillet. Add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, plow off the gas. Add this to the to a higher identify pot.

Garnish alongside chopped coriander/ cilantro leaves.

Serve hot with Set Dosa, poori , apartment staff of life ( rotis) or regular bread.
Can likewise live served alongside rice.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

Typically, for Saagu , the vegetables of selection used are carrots, dark-green peas, dark-green beans as well as potatoes. Do non fret, if y'all are out of whatsoever of them. Feel complimentary to occupation whatever y'all have! The dish tastes skilful alongside nearly combinations of vegetables.

When I am making this dish, I gear upwardly vegetables equally I chop. I chop as well as add together the vegetables inward the social club of their cooking tome. I identify the pot alongside H2O to estrus upwardly . As the H2O it heating, I die the Irish Gaelic patato as well as add together it in. Then comes the dark-green beans , carrots, dark-green peas as well as lastly tomatoes. This technique for me saves a lot of time. You should create whatever industrial plant best for you.

Tip for good for y'all living:

While serving a meal, crusade to serve equally much or slightly to a greater extent than vegetables than the rice inward your plate.

Food for thought:

All groovy achievements require time. Maya Angelou

Please create portion your thoughts. Your watch matters!

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