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Potato sagu takes several minutes to prepare.

Potato sagu takes several minutes to cook.

Potato sagu makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Potato sagu are:

• 2-3 medium sized potatoes, diced
• 1 medium size onion, diced
• ¼ cup green peas, fresh or frozen (optional)
• 3-4 green chilies (or according your tolerance for heat)
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 tbsp Urad Dal and Chana Dal mixture
• ¼ tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 ½ tbsp gram flour (besan)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 cups of water
• Salt to taste
• Chopped cilantro for garnish

Here is how you make Potato sagu:

• Heat the oil in a pan, and make the “tadka” with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, the dals and green chilies • Add chopped onion and fry until they turn translucent • Add the diced potatoes and fry for few of minutes, until slightly tender • Sprinkle the ground turmeric and gram flour. Fry until the raw smell of the gram flour disappears, for just about a minute or two • Add water, green peas if using and season with salt to taste. Stir in the sugar and allow to boil, covered on medium heat until the potatoes are cooked through and the sagu has thickened. • Take off heat, garnish with cilantro and serve with hot rava idlies! Number of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUJATHAKANNAN.

The nutritional information for Potato sagu is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 204.2

• Total Fat: 1.4 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 30.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 43.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.9 g
• Protein: 5.4 g