Sevai Recipe | Parboiled Rice Noodles Recipe
Sevai is a traditional rice noodles made using Raw Rice. The dough will be made using rice and it's further made to rice noodles using Seavi Nazhi (Sevai Maker). It looks similar to Idiappam but the method of preparation is different. The process of making Sevai is slightly time consuming and tiring, but it's worth the effort.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 180kcal
Equipment
- Mixer Grinder
- Pressure Cooker
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Idli Rice / Parboiled Rice 1 Cup - 250ml
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Gingelly Oil
Instructions
Preparing Batter
- Wash and soak parboiled rice for 2 hours. Set this rice aside for 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain the water from rice and take it to mixer jar
- Grind the rice to a smooth batter like dosa batter.
Cooking Batter
- Heat a pan. Add the ground batter and start stirring
- Add salt and gingelly oil and keep stirring in medium flame till the batter becomes thick like a dough. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool
Squeezing Process
- Take ommapodi mould and press. Grease it with oil. Add prepared dough and close it with press lid. Grease oil in idli plates. Squeeze out the press to make like sevai.
Steam Cook Process
- Steam cook the squeezed sevai for 5 minutes. Allow the cooked sevai to cool off completely
- Then crumble the sevai and set it aside.
Serving Time
- Serve the delicious Sevai with Mor Kuzhambu and enjoy this healthy noodles!
Notes
We can use the prepared Sevai and make different tempering for coconut, Lemon Sevai and serve variety Sevai!
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5Cup | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 1g