VEGETABLE SEMIYA (VERMICELLI)

This Vegetable Semiya very much resembles noodles, kids fall in love with this, and they are happy to eat it off with ketchup. We adults, can eat it off with coconut chutney. I use roasted vermicelli, since they are evenly roasted. It saves  time too.

Ingredients 

Roasted Vermicelli - 1  cup

Water - 2 cups

Carrots , sliced lengthwise - 1/2 cup

Shelled peas - 1/2 cup

Green, red and yellow bell peppers - 1/2 cup each

Onions - 1 sliced thinly

Curry leaves

Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Seasoning ingredients

Cooking oil + ghee - 2 tbsps

Hing powder - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Split urad dhal - 1 tsp

Channa dhal - 1 tsp

Grated ginger - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Broken red chillies - 2-3

Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Tiffin Variety, Breakfast

Prep time: 15 minutes; Cooking time: 15 mts 

Serves 4

Below seen veggies to be pressure cooked for 5 mts. Otherwise, while sauteeing, they will not get fully cooked.

Take a pan, add cooking oil, reserving ghee to add at the last stage, and add all the above mentioned seasoning ingredients

                                Then add the sliced onions with curry leaves, and a tsp of grated ginger,  and continue to saute.

Now, add the sliced bell peppers

and now, the carrots and peas, pressure cooked

Add the measured water, and salt to taste

Then to the boiling water,  add the vermicelli,  and sambar powder.

                                               Cover with a lid, lowering the flame.

                                      Half  done, after 5 minutes.  Now add ghee.

                                                                           Done!

                                  Ready to be served with coconut  chutney.

Variations

*3/4 cup vermicelli and 1/4 cup sooji can also be made the same way, when you can add a tomato too.

* Generally, I do not add tomatoes, at times, it makes the vermicelli a bit soggy.

*Spring onions can be added too. It lends an additional flavour.

*Kids can eat this with ketchup, which will make it look like noodles.

Categories: South Indian Breakfasts, Tiffin Varieties