Vermicelli

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#vegvermicelli

Ingredients: 2 ½ cups vermicelli (or wheat sevai), 1 onion (chopped in vertical slices), 1 medium carrot (cut 1 inch long), 1/2 capsicum (cut 1 inch long), ¼ cup peas, 1 tbsp ghee/ oil, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 2 tsp white urad dal/ lentils, 2 tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp red chilli powder, salt to taste, 1 tbsp chopped coriander, a lemon, 1 litre water.

Preparation Time: 20 min

Recipe:

1. Add the water to a cooking vessel and heat it to the boiling point.

2. In the meantime, take a pan and heat it. Add ghee/ oil to it and heat for seasoning. Now add mustard seeds, urad dal and wait till urad dal turns light golden.

3. Now add onion. Allow it to turn golden at medium gas. Stir intermittently. Now add peas, carrots and capsicum to this. Stir them all well. Parch for 3 min.

4. Now add vermicelli and parch on medium gas only for 5 minutes while stirring continuously (until it turns golden).

5. Now add water to this, followed by salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Turn the gas on high and cover with lid to allow cooking faster.

6. Check after 3 min. If still uncooked and all dry, then add 1 or 2 cups more water. Cook on medium gas for 2-3 more min. Once cooked, turn it off and remove the lid.

7. Serve it hot with lemon and garnished with chopped coriander!

Tips: You can as well use the rice vermicelli.