Sevai is a popular breakfast or light-snack dish in South India. It is nothing but rice noodles. It can be prepared at home fresh or you get the instant rice sevai packs available at grocery stores. I have used the store-bought one which is an easier option :).
The most common flavors that sevai is served with is the coconut sevai, lemon sevai or tamarind sevai.
But here I have prepared one with the addition of vegetables and tomatoes. Do try this quick and easy vegetable sevai recipe.
Vegetable Sevai Recipe
Vegetable Sevai recipe
Category:Breakfast
Cuisine:South Indian
Author:Jiya Jesh
Serves:2-3
Prep Time:5 mins
Cook Time:25 mins
Total Time:30 mins
rice noodles with vegetables and spices.
Ingredients
- 3 cups instant rice sevai
- 1 onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped vegetables ( beans, carrot, peas )
- 1 or 2 green chillies
- 1 inch piece ginger
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp chana da
- A pinch of asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- A few curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- A few coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the sevai as per the instruction on the instant rice sevai pack.
- Boil the chopped vegetables and keep aside.
- Chop the onions, tomatoes and ginger.
- Slit the green chilli.
- In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard seeds and asafoetida. When they crackle, add chana dal and urad dal.
- Once the dal turns brown, add the chopped onions, ginger and curry leaves.
- Fry till the onions turn soft.
- Now add the chopped tomatoes along with turmeric powder, salt and garam masala powder.
- Fry till the tomatoes turn soft and mashed well.
- Add the boiled vegetables along with cooked sevai and fry for a few minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve vegetable sevai hot.
Nilda says
my dad use to make this for us on weekends, but i was not a big fan of this back then, as my mind was set that vermicelli is made only to eat in a sweet form:)..but after marriage when i started cooking on my own, i discovered it can be made as upma and it tastes delicious..love your clicks too