COCONUT SEVAI

I have already posted Amaranth Sevai and Lime sevai.  Now the turn for the famous Coconut sevai or thenga sevai.  You will find this during the feast especially in weddings.  Coconut sevai is made with sevai and tempered with mustard seeds,urid dal and finally coconut is added.  It tastes yummy when you make it in coconut oil.

Lime sevai, Amaranth sevai, kothamalli sevai, pickled sevai

Let us look at the recipe now:

INGREDIENTS:

Plain idiyappam made from 1/2 cup idiyappam flour.
After it cools, loosen the strings into small pieces and keep it aside


2 tsp Coconut Oil 
1 tsp mustard seeds 
1/2 tsp chana dal
a pinch of hing powder 
1 tsp urid dal 
1 red chilli broken into pieces.
1 green chilli chopped 
few curry leaves 
1/2 cup grated coconut. 
salt
fried cashews - 2 tbsp


METHOD:

Heat oil in kadai.  Add the mustard seeds, chana dal, urid dal, broken chilli.  when it is done, add the green chilli, coconut, hing powder and saute for few minutes till the coconut turns lightly brown.  Add the sevai, required salt, mix well.  Garnish with fried cashews.  serve it with coconut chutney, papads or chips or wafers.

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