Coconut Sevai-Thengai Idiyappam
Prep Time : 20 mins
Serves: 1
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Dinner-Tiffin
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Plain idiyappam (made from 1/2 cup idiyappam flour)
Salt needed
For the seasoning
Oil – 3 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
Red chillies – 2
Hing – a pinch
Green chilli – 1 slit
Curry leaves – a sprig
Fresh coconut – 1/2 cup heaped grated
For garnishing
Fried Cashewnuts – 4-5
Preparations
Made idiyappam as mentioned in the Idiyappam recipe.
After the idiyappam cools, loosen the strings and keep it aside.
Method
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, red chillies, hing, green chilli and curry leaves.
When dal turns golden brown, add grated coconut and fry well on medium heat till the raw flavor goes. Add salt needed and mix well.
Add the plain idiyappam or sevai and mix well, so that is is well coated with the seasoning.
Garnish it with fried cashew nuts.
Serve with crushed papads or chips. Enjoy!!
Note
If you plan to make it for dinner, you can prepare plain idiyappam in the morning itself and keep it ready. You can do the seasoning before serving.
Idiyappam prepared from 1/2 cup of rice flour or sevai prepared from 1/2 cup of rice serves only 1 adult.
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kanthi
This recipe is new to me but its quite interesting and more over looks soft
Roshan
hi…i like the art with coconut shells…..the recipe is also interesting….
Ms.Chitchat
Ever in demand in my household. Beautiful presentation.
Paaka Shaale
Hey Padhu,
The coconut sevai looks very tasty and delectable 🙂
PriyaVaasu
Awesome Presentation!!!i have never made sevai @ home, got a new sevai press fm india this time!!! Bookmarking this!!!!
Gayathri's Cook Spot
I like coconut idiyappam very much. Yummy dish
Subhashini
hey Padhu
this lookd really yum yum.
Umm Mymoonah
Wow! This looks so cute as always.
Akila
wow lovely sevai dear….. thanks for sending to my event…
Priya
Yummy and droolworthy coconut sevai..
coolblogger
love the pics.
Ananda Rajashekar
oh those coconut look so cute, how do it make it, adorable!
Vivarjitha
wow…nice one!!!luv the 2nd pic…it's damn cute:)
Rumana Rawat
this looks lovely:)
Swathi
Nice recipe i love anything with coconut.
Nisha
Coconut rice looks yum
PJ
new recipe for me, but looks so flavorful!
SavithaRaj's Spice Land
Your snaps are so creative and interesting…nice rice..
Pushpa
Gorgeous coconut dishes.Lovely decoration to the coconuts,Padhu!
Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com
Krishnaveni
my fav, yummy
Sushma Mallya
easy and simple & very delicious…
Kairali sisters
Like idiyappams, but never ate them this way..looks delicious padhu..
jeyashrisuresh
i alwys love this yummy coconut sevai.nice presentation
Sreelekha Sumesh
Nice one Padhu.We call it as idiyappam upma 🙂
chaitrali pathak
looks superb….and delicicous….
and thanks for ur suggestions….applied the same…thanks again
An Open Book
i love how you have decorated it
Khaugiri
Lovely…picture is so tempting!!!
Madhu
My husband loves this! will try some time for sure.
Rachana
A new recipe to me…looks so flavourful and yumm!
Yummy Team
Coconut idiyappam looks yum!! Loved the presentation..
Aparna S Mallya
Simple and tasty.
Biny Anoop
U r back again with an excellent recipe…..and an even excellent presentation…
NIDHYA
coconut idiyappam is my all time fav..love your art..
Aaha Oho
Deepti
Loved the coconut decoration…Nice way of finishing left over idiyappams..
Sonia (Nasi Lemak Lover)
nice presentation!
Pari
Hi dear.Very nice presentation.Nice way to use the idiyappam, great snack for kids.
FOODELICIOUS
jayashree
hello padhu,i like ur recipes with good pictures and explanation,it is very easy to follow.please can u kindly teach me has how to make aappam,salty one?
jayashree sathyamurthy.
antimoron
Thanks for your lovely recipes. The pictures on this recipe is quite funny too.
Shantha
Hi mam,today I made sevai in par boiled rice.it came out very well and soft also.usually we have been doing this in idli rice.i followed ur first method.thank u so much