Apr 12, 2009

LEMON RICE SEVAI


MTR rice sevai --- 1/2 pack
Green chilies --- 3 chopped
Ginger – 1/ 2 inch piece chopped
Lemon juice --- 2 tab sp (according to your taste)
Turmeric powder --- 1/2 tea sp
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves – 1 tab sp
Oil --- 1 tab sp
Mustard seeds --- 1/2 tea sp
Ground nuts --- 1 tab sp
Asafetida – 1/4 tea sp
Channa dal --- 1 tea sp
A few curry leaves
Dry red chilies – 2 broken
METHOD: ----
Boil 6-7 cups water in a big pan and bring to a full boil and add 1 tea sp oil to the water and add rice sevai to the water and cook for 5 min (don't over cook the sevai, If you over cook they become sticky and lumpy) then drain the extra water and pour cold water to prevent extra cooking, and spread out on a plate to cool.
Now heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds and let them popup then add channa dal, ground nuts, chopped green chilies, chopped ginger and fry till light brown and then add asafetida, broken dry red chilies, curry leaves and fry for a while and add turmeric powder and lemon juice mix well and add cooked rice sevai, salt to taste, chopped coriander leaves and mix well and remove from the heat and mix well again
Serve hot.

15 comments:

Saritha said...

Never tried this sevai rekha,looks yummy

Priya Suresh said...

Thats an excellen dish, feel like having rite now!

sree said...

looking delicious....nice carrot flowers..:)

Uma said...

Chala chala chala baagundi Rekha! Never tried rice semiya this way!

Anonymous said...

Making me Crazy Rekha..splendid treat there!!

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

yummy sevai.. perfect for evening tiffin.

Deepthi Shankar said...

we make this too Rekha, love it

Ramya said...

I never heard abt this Sevai, will check out at our Indian groceries.
It looks delicious.

Cham said...

Love lemon sevai, i blogged it long back! Good one .

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

I came across the MTR sevai but never thought it would come out good... Shall take your words... Looks so yum yum OMG it would be good to have it now...

Pooja said...

Lovely presentation rekha...Mammalni ila noru vurinchatam emi baledu rekha just kidding..Zee telugu cookery show lo chusanu...Valla recipe kana meede bagundi..

Unknown said...

Love sevai. but I havent tried it myself. Lovely recipe.

Lakshmi said...

Sevai looks tempting Rekha. Good One

Chutneytales said...

Lemon sevai looks yummy and you have made a wonderful presentation!

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow comforting and yum food. Looks awesome with those cute little carrots.