INSTANT LEMON SEVAI | LEMON SEMIYA | LEMON SHAVIGE
Lemon sevai is a wonderful breakfast that can be prepared in a jiffy. Kids love this for lunch box.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 1 cup Fine rava
- 2 cups Water
- 1 tsp Salt
! To temper
- 3 tsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Split black gram (urad dal)
- few Curry leaves
- 1 tbsp peanuts
- 2 nos. Green chillies
- 1 tbsp Cashews optional
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt or to taste
- 1/2 Lemon
- 2 tbsp Fresh coconut
- 1 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
Instructions
- Heat a pan adding 2 cups of water. Add salt. Bring it to rolling boil. Stirring continuously add fine rava.
- Mix the rava in water such that no lumps are formed. Cook it for 2 to 3 minutes until all water is absorbed and mixture becomes thick. Transfer it to a plate and let it slightly cool down.
- Next, grease some oil to palm and knead the rava mixture. Divide it in to two portions. Fill in a portion in to shavige (idiyappam) press.
- On idli plate, press the shavige like small idlis. Place all the plates in a steamer and cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Let them cool down completely.
- Next heat a pan add oil, mustard seeds, lentils, curry leaves. Saute till the mustard sizzle. Include peanuts, cashews, slit green chillies, turmeric powder and continue sauteing few more minutes. Adjust salt now.
- Next, break the shavige in to this tempering pan and give a nice mix. Squeeze lemon and garnish with coconut and coriander leaves. Instant lemon sevai is ready to serve.
Notes
- This recipe needs fine rava which known as chiroti rava or bombay rava. Do not use coarse one.
- Since we add enough salt to sevai itself, it doesn't need much of it while seasoning. So adjust according to your taste.