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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View Comments (39)
This recipe is new to me but its quite interesting and more over looks soft
hi...i like the art with coconut shells.....the recipe is also interesting....
Ever in demand in my household. Beautiful presentation.
Hey Padhu,
The coconut sevai looks very tasty and delectable :)
Awesome Presentation!!!i have never made sevai @ home, got a new sevai press fm india this time!!! Bookmarking this!!!!
I like coconut idiyappam very much. Yummy dish
hey Padhu
this lookd really yum yum.
Wow! This looks so cute as always.
wow lovely sevai dear..... thanks for sending to my event...
Yummy and droolworthy coconut sevai..