Oflate, I am constantly reminded of home food, especially those simple tasty dishes that my mom makes. Having been away from home for quite a while, I have found some easy ways to recreate those time consuming dishes. Ofcourse, there's a slight tradeoff when it comes to the quality of dishes.. nevertheless it is better than having none :).
Sandhagai, also called Sevai is considered a specialty in my family. When you visit folks and on weekends, this dish is made. Its a time consuming one but a very tasty dish.
In my home, we have the bland one to which one adds sugar, ghee, banana before eating. As a kid, this was my favorite. As I grew up, the lemon savory one became my favorite.
I get the thin rice noodles from chinese/uwaj stores and soak it in hot water..sometimes add to boiling hot water. After the texture becomes soft (kinda cooked), I drain the water and keep the noodles aside. Its very important to drain all the water ..so keep the noodles in draining mode/upside down on a gauze.
On the side, take some lemon juice, turmeric and salt.. and mix it. Add this to the drained noodles, mix it well.. be careful with salt(dont add too much). Keep it aside for 5 minutes or so.
Put thadka(dry chillies, mustard seeds, urad dhal, curry leaves) in 2 teaspoons of hot oil and saute it. Add the above prepared noodles to this, and saute it. Adding shredded coconut to this finishes the dish.
This tastes well with "thadkaa-d chopped onions and green chillies added to yoghurt" or plain old "coconut chutney".
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I love sevai! At home, we used to make just the coconut, lemon and sesame (ellu) varieties. We never had any sweet varieties, but of late I came across many interesting twists to sevai such as the "carrot coconut sweet sevai" and aaloo sevai.
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