21 January 2008

Rice Sevai


This is a very simple, easy and  very quick dish to prepare. It makes an excellent choice for potlucks. Vegetables can be added to one's hearts content. Made this over the weekend for brunch. For today's recipe I used soy beans and corn

Ingredients
  • 2 cups of rice sevai
  • Hot boiled water to soak rice sevai
  • 1 cup of mixed vegetables ( beans, peas, soy beans, corn)
  • 1 red onion cut finely
  • 1 potato peel and cubed
  • 2 tbsp ginger
  • 1 green chili cut finely
  • handful of cashew nuts
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp Jeera
  • 1 tbsp urad dal
  • 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tbsp haldi
  • Juice of 1 big lemon
Method

1. Boil water and when boiled add this to rice sevai and keep it closed for 2 minutes.make sure rice sevai is completely covered with boiling water
2. In a large pan take a tbsp of oil when hot add jeera,urad, mustard seeds, green chillies, cashew nuts, onion, potato and all frozen vegetables
3. Add haldi and salt and mix well
4. Add a little bit of water to cook potatoes
5. Drain sevai and remove all excess water
6. Add this to the vegetable mixture and toss well
7. Remove from flame and add lemon juice
8. Add coriander and mix well

Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney. This is very light and does not make you feel stuffed.

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