- Sago (Javvarisi) – 2 cups
- Onion - 1
- Potato – 1
- Carrot – 1
- Green chillies - 3 to 4
- Groundnut – 2 to 3 tablespoon
- Turmeric Powder – a pinch
- Oil – 2 tablespoon
- Mustard – ½ teaspoon
- Urad dhal – 1 teaspoon
- Jeera – ½ teaspoon
- Curry leaves – few
- Coriander leaves – few
- Lemon juice – 1 teaspoon
- Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Method:
Wash and soak the sago for about 1 to 2 hours. Drain the excess water and keep it aside.
Boil potato, remove the skin and cut into bite size bits. Put a teaspoon of oil in a kadai and add jeera. When jeera fried well, add potato pieces and stir fry for few minutes. Remove and keep aside.
Chop onion, green chillies finely. Cut carrot into small pieces and cook for just few minutes and remove.
Crush the ground nut coarsely.
In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot, add mustard. When it pops up add urad dhal and fry till it become light brown. Then add chopped onion, green chillies, curry leaves and fry till onion turns transparent. Add carrot and soaked sago, along with turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Close with lid and allow to cook in medium flame for few minutes. Remove the lid and once again mix everything well. Then add stir fried potato pieces and mix it. Sprinkle peanut powder and lemon juice and stir well and remove. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Note: You can add more vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, mushroom, capsicum, green peas to make it more healthy and tasty.
















Lovely, got to try.
Hi Asha,
Thank you. Those who likes "Pasta" will definitely like this too. Try and post your comments.
what I am wondering is, if soaked, and drained, wont sago become sticky? I just loved this when I got a chance to eat it in some parts of Maharashtra on my way to Shirdi. Cant wait to try this out.
Hi kamala, Ur dish looks very good. I tried one version, soaking the sagoo for 2 hrs, but they didnt turn translucent like urs. One more thing can u please tell me what kind of flour to use for kollukattai and how to prepare it. Thanx a lot.
Hi Reena N Devington,
Thank you for visiting my site. Some variety of sago is firm and bigger in size and it will take more time to soak. If it is not soaked well, then you can allow some more time for soaking so that it will increase in size and turn translucent when you cook it.
For Kozhukattai, you can use rice flour (either store bought or prepared at home). For receipe check the following link:
http://www.kamalascorner.com/2007/10/poorana-kozhukattai.html
More varities are available in my Snacks section. Please check.
Hi அநன்யா மஹாதேவன்,
If you use the big variety of sago, it will not stick with each other. If you use the ordinary small variety, you can first put it in boiling water and immediately drain out the water and wash with cold water (like making pasta or noodles) and make this upma.
Hello
It is my first time here. I just wanted to say hi!
hi.. ur sago upma looks yummy… i am gonna try it soon
Hi Kamatchi,
Welcome to my blog. Please try and let me mments.
this is a marathi delicacy i guess… they make this during the vrath times….
but i wish to ask- i had this dish once… it's a tad too bland… could you share some tips on how to make it more spicy?
coz- chilli powder spoils the falvour..
PS: Blog's amazing… Photos are FAB!!!!
Hi Matangi Mawley,
Thank you for visiting my site. You can increase the quantity of green chillies. Instead of adding boiled potatos, you can add fried potatos sprinkled with pepper powder. Same way, you can add spicy masala ground nuts and cashew nuts. Or you can have a spicy side dish.
Thanks for the recipe. Tried this out came out awesome