🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Elumichai Sevai

Name: Elumichai Sevai
Prep time: 14 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 31 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 1 tbsp, minced Ginger; 2, slit Green Chili; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Mustard Seeds; 2 sprigs Curry Leaves; 1 Lemon; 1 cup Vermicelli

🇮🇳 Indian

Lemon vermicelli, yellow-stained sevai with peanut crunch. The 20-minute breakfast that has fed half a billion mornings. Serve warm with coconut chutney on the side.

Prep 14 min Cook 17 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Ginger1 tbsp, minced
Green Chili2, slit
Turmeric Powder1/4 tsp
Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds1 tsp
Curry Leaves2 sprigs
Lemon1
Vermicelli1 cup

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Prepare the vermicelli: roast if it's rava, rinse if it's poha, soak if it needs it.
2
Heat oil and crackle mustard seeds till they pop like popcorn, then add curry leaves — stand back — and the green chilies.
3
Sweat the onions down, stir in ginger, and let the rawness cook off.
4
Add the lemon, saute a minute, then fold in the prepared vermicelli with salt and a splash of water.
5
Cover on the lowest heat for 3-4 minutes to steam through, then fluff with a fork, finish with lemon, cilantro and, if you like, a spoon of ghee.

Chef's tip

Taste as you go — chili heat, salt and sourness should all lift each other, not fight.

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Watch how it's made

Video: எலுமிச்சை சேவை | Lemon Sevai Recipe | How to Make Lemon Sevai | CDK #412 | Chef Deena's Kitchen · on YouTube