AMARANTH SEVAI, RED SPINACH SEVAI

Leafy vegetables are good for health.  You can make stir fried subzi, dal,  etc. with the leafy vegetables.  this contains Vitamin A, C, E and dietary fiber.  Apart from making stir fry vegetables and curry, it can be used for making cutlets and breakfast.    Here I am sharing with you  Amaranth sevai.  

Amaranth sevai is prepared with amaranth leaves, red spinach or chuvanna keereai, lal maath, it is known as.  I have mixed this with rice sevai for making the lovely and tasty  breakfast.

watch video:  amaranth seva, red  spinach sevai.

Another variety of sevai: Lime sevai, coconut sevai, kothamalli sevai, pickled sevai

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

100 gms cooked rice sevai.

1 onion chopped

1 tomato chopped

3 tsbp amarnath leaves chopped

1 tsp Pav bhaji masala

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp garam masala powder (optional)

3 tsp oil

1 tsp ghee

Tempering:

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urid dal

a pinch of hing powder

few curry leaves

1 green chilli chopped (optional)

Other ingredients:

1 tsp lime juice (optional)

garnishing:

3 tbsp grated coconut

1 tbsp chopped coriander leavaes.

Method:

Heat oil in kadai.  add the mustard seeds, urid dal, when it is done, add the curry leaves, hing powder, chopped green chilli, onion and saute for few minutes.  add the tomato and saute for few minutes.  add the amaranth leaves and cook till  the leaves are soft.  now add the garama masala and pav bhaji masala, salt for the veggies and saute.  add the cooked sevai.  check the salt.  mix well.  add the lime juice, mix, garnish with coconut and coriander leaves.  serve with any kind of raita, papad, pickle or chutney.

How to make sevai:

We get ready made sevai in the market.  take 100 gms of that.  Boil around 3 cups of water with  one tsp salt and oil.  put the sevai in it, switch off gas, cover and keep it for 5 minutes, drain the entire water.

Note:  You can  make coconut sevai, lime sevai or can serve with milk and sugar.

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