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Friday, March 2, 2012

Lemon Sevai and Thengai/coconut Sevai (Rice noodles )


Lemon Sevai
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Ingredients
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  • Cooked Rice noodles  -      3 cups( Refer to the recipe with the provided link)
  • Lemon juice                -     extracted from  1 lemon
  • Ginger, chopped finely -     1 inch piece
  • Green chillies               -     2 to 3 ( finely chopped)
  • Curry leaves                -     5 to 6
  • Coriander leaves          -     finely chopped
  • Gingelly oil                  -     1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds             -     1/2 tsp
  • Chana dal                    -     1 tsp  ( kadalaparuppu)
  • Split urad dal               -     1/2 tsp ( ulutham parupu)
  • Asafoetida                   -     a pinch
  • Turmeric powder         -     1/2 tsp

Method:
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  • Heat oil in a kadai. Add asafoetida and mustard seeds.
  • When it splutters add chana dal , urad dal and saute till golden brown.
  • Add curry leaves,ginger,green chillies and turmeric powder.
  • Saute for a second and add the cooked sevai/rice noodles.
  • Mix well and break the noodles slightly.
  • Switch off and pour lime juice.
  • Mix well and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve with coconut chutney. coriander leaves in the chutney's recipe is optional.

THENGAI SEVAI 
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  • Sevai/rice noodles - 3 cups
  • Coconut oil                        -   2 to 3 tsp
  • Mustard seeds                    - 1 tsp
  • Red chillies                         -  3
  • Urad dal, chana dal             - 1 tsp each
  • Curry leaves                       - a sprig
  • Shredded coconut              - 1/2 cup
  • Cashews                           - 5(roasted to golden brown in a tsp of ghee)
You can also do this tempering without coconut and cashews.
  • In a kadai, add coconut oil and mustard seeds.
  • When it splutters, add the dals and saute till golden brown.
  • Add curry leaves and red chillies.
  • Saute for few sec and add shredded coconut.Fry for 2 to 3 sec more.
  • Add the cooked rice noodles/sevai and mix well.
  • Garnish with roasted cashews.
Serve with coconut chutney.


Thursday, March 1, 2012

Sevai ( Home made rice noodles)


This recipe serves 2 adults.

Ingredients:
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  • Idly rice                 -       250 grams 
  • Salt                        -       according to taste
  • Water                     -       as required.
Method:
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  • Wash the rice 2 to 3 times.
  • Soak the rice in water for 2 hours.
  • Add water little by little and grind the soaked rice with salt into a very smooth paste with a grinder.
  • The consistency of the ground batter should be shown below.
  • In a kadai, add a laddle or 1/8th cup of gingelly oil.
  • To it, add the ground batter and keep stirring on a medium flame till it becomes a soft dough as shown below.
  • Keep aside to cool down to room temperature.
  • Dip your hands in water and make into dumplings as shown below.
  • Steam the dumplings for 15 min.The outer layer will turn shiny.
  • To make sevai, you need a sevai maker as shown below. There are also other types available in the market.
  • The dumplings have to be put in the sevai maker when it is hot otherwise it will harden very much.
  • So after 15 min of steaming, take 1 or 2 dumplings from the steamer with a fork and put it immediately in the sevai maker.
  • Close and keep the remaining dumplings in the steamer itself so that it remains hot.
  • Rotate the handle of sevai maker. Place a plate beneath the sevai maker.As you turn the handle,hold the legs of the sevai maker so that it does not move.Rice noodles will emerge from the holes as shown.
  • Repeat the process for all the dumplings.
  • Basic homemade rice noodles is ready. You can flavour it as per your choice.


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