Saturday, May 9, 2009

Namkeen Sewai


Ingredients:
250 gm - sewai (vermicelli)
3 medium - onion finely sliced
3 medium - tomatoes finely chopped
75 gm - peas
1/2 tsp - red chilli powder
2 tsp - lemon juice
1 tsp - mustard seed
1 - carrot finely chopped
1 - capsicum finely chopped
1 - green chilli finely chopped
3 tbsp - oil
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped

Instructions:
1. Boil water and put sewai with 1 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of oil in it. Let it boil for 5-7 mins until the sewai turns tender.
2. Put off the flame and drain hot water and run the boiled sewai under cold water. Keep it aside.
3. Take a kadai, pour oil in it and add mustard seeds when they start cracking add onions to it and fry till it turn pink.
4. Now add tomatoes, peas, capcisum, carrot and green chilli. Put salt and red chilli powder and mix it well. Cook it on low flame till the vegetables turn tender and get well cooked.
5. Now add the boiled sewai to it and stir it well.
6. In the end mix lemon juice to it and garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves.
Sewai is ready to be served hot.

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