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Sevei Upma

  • Servings: 3-4
  • Preparation time: 5 minutes.
  • Frying  sevei time: 2 minutes.
  • Cooking time: 6-8 minutes.
  • Total time: 15 minutes. 

‘Sevei Upma’ one of the evening snacks option, popular in many parts of India and prepared in many ways; here I prepared that is mildly spiced, mouth watering. I used cashew-nuts and peanuts to enhance the flavor; it brings richness, increase the nutritional value of the recipe. You may add seasonal vegetables.  Enjoy and serve with coffee…

Ingredients:

  • Sevei (vermicelli): 1 cup
  • Olive oil/Cooking oil: 3 tablespoon
  • Red chili: 1no.
  • Green chilli: 1no.
  • Salt: 1 teaspoon (as per taste)
  • Onion: 1 no. (Medium)
  • Mustard seed: ½ teaspoon
  • Lemon: ½ no.
  • Water: 2 cups
  • Coriander leaves: 10 gm.
  • Peanuts:  10-12no.
  • Cashew nuts: 8-10 no.

Preparation:

  1.  Chop onion and coriander leaves, keep aside.
  2. Chop red chilli, keep aside.
  3. Slit green chilli, keep aside.

Method:

  1. Take a fry pan, put 1 tablespoon of oil; shallow fry sevei till golden brown in colour, keep aside.
  2. In a same pan, put oil, when oil starts to smoke add mustard seed and red chilli, sputter for few seconds add green chilli and onion, stir fry till onion gets translucent(about couple of minutes).
  3. Add 2cups of water, when water begins to boil, add fried sevei; cook for about 5-6 minutes on medium flame till it is soft.
  4. Season with salt, lemon juice and coriander leaves, serve hot. Garnish with fried peanut and cashew-nut.
Sevei Upma
Ingredients
Chopped ingredients
shallow fry sevei
shallow fry sevei till golden brown
add mustard seed and red chili
add green chili and onion
stir fry till onion gets translucent
Add 2cups of water
add fried sevei
cook for about 5-6 minutes on medium flame till it is soft.
Season with salt, lemon juice and coriander leaves
Season with salt, lemon juice and coriander leaves
Season with salt, lemon juice and coriander leaves
Sevei Upma
Sevei Upma
Sevei Upma
Sevei Upma

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