A long time back, I tasted this dish in restaurant. When I saw it on the menu card, I was eager to see what was so different in it as I am fond of sevai and love to try out new versions with it.
The dish arrived, piping hot, apt for the weather.It was chill outside and the dish really had me drooling!
The taste was good and it was nothing but an overdose of garlic in seasoned and spiced rice noodles.No sooner I had it, I resolved to make it at home and did so at the very next opportunity.It turned out better than I expected!
Garlic lovers will fall in love with this dish.But I am sure you have heard the joke – An apple a day keeps the doctor away ; A garlic a day keeps everyone away! That definitely need not discourage you from trying out this dish
I used:
Ready to use [steamed] Sevai / Rice noodles – 1 packet / 300 grams
Garlic- 5 large pods,chopped
Onion-1, chopped
Red chilies- 1, broken
Curry leaves- a few
Mustard seeds- 1 teaspoon
White urad dal- 1/2 teaspoon
Channa dal – 1/4 teaspoon
Tomato -1,small, chopped
Roasted peanuts-1/8 cup
Sambar powder- 1 1/ teaspoon
Turmeric powder- 1/8 teaspoon
Oil- 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, curry leaves and red chili.Once the mustard pops, add the onion and garlic.Saute till the onion is translucent.Add tomato and a splash of water and cook till the tomato is mushy. Add turmeric powder.
Put in sambar powder and salt.Tip in the sevai and mix well to combine. Cook on low heat for afew minutes for the flavors to blend.Add a splash of water if you feel the mixture is too dry. Just before removing the pan from heat, add the peanuts, give it a toss and serve.
This dish taste good on its own.But if you like, you can serve it with sambar and coconut chutney.
This is a very simple dish and very apt for the theme – Quick dishes[those main dishes that can be cooked under 30 minutes], which is the theme that I have taken to showcase this week in Blogging Marathon #62, Week 1.
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#62
Bon Appetit….
A great one for garlic lovers. This sounds like my husband's kind of dish. 🙂
I am drooling at your dish of sevai. I love garlic and I don't care if people run away from me 😊😄 and will go with an extra dose of garlic in my food. Nice presentation.
Can smell the flavour of this sevai rite from here, cant wait to give a try to this flavourful sevai.
Delicious looking sevai,must be a flavorful one,addition of garlic makes it even more tasty..
Interesting dish, simple ingredients yet look very elegant. Bookmarked the recipe.
Nice aromatic garlic flavored rice noodles.
Sevai is a favorite food of mine. You had me craving for it now!
Delicious aromatic dish…. simple though…
Rice sevai is one of my favourite. If you have the sevai, then you make many yummy dishes with it. Like the garlic flavour.
Kid's favorite…a scrumptious breakfast dish
Lovely change from the routine lemon or coconut sevai. I would love this 🙂
Sounds like my husband kind of dish. Will make it for his breakfast and hope it does not keep his clients away:D
Garlic flavored sevai looks very tempting PJ.
Love garlic flavour. Incorporating in sevai is brilliant..
That's a very flavorful dish PJ , I love these rice noodles .
That is one flavor packed sevai dish PJ. Looks delicious.
Amazing flavour PJ..I think this tastes somewhat similar to the burnt garlic rice..yum!