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Puli Sevai Recipe - Tamarind Sevai Recipe

Quick and easy breakfast or lunch option made using rice sevai. You can use leftover idiyappam too. This is great to pack in lunchbox or as a travel food.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • Rice Sevai - 1 packet

For Tamarind Mix:

  • Gingelly Oil – 1 cup
  • Tamarind – 1 large apple size
  • Dry Red Chillies – 10
  • Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu – ½ cup
  • Peanuts – ½ cup
  • Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu – ¼ cup
  • Curry leaves 2 big handful
  • Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – 1 tsp
  • Water – 2 cups
  • Salt to taste

For Roasting & Grinding:

  • Oil – 1 tsp
  • Dry Red Chillies – 20
  • Fenugreek Seeds / Methi / Vendayam – 1 tsp

Instructions

  • Take tamarind and soak it in water for 15 mins. Squeeze and extract as much juice as possible. Discard the pulp.
  • Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan, dry roast chillies and fenugreek seeds on low heat. Now take this in a blender and powder them.
  • Now heat gingelly oil in a kadai. Add in peanut, chana dal and fry till golden.
  • Add in urad dal, curry leaves and asafoetida and fry for few more mins.
  • Add in dry red chillies and fry for a min.
  • Add in tamarind water and cook that down till it thickens.
  • Now add in the spice powders and salt and mix well. Cook till it gets pretty dry and oil separates from it.
  • Now you can cool this down and store it in a air tight container in fridge.
  • Cook sevai as per package directions. You can use idiyappam as well.
  • When you need. Mix this in some cooked rice or sevai and toss well.
  • Serve.
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