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Sesame Peanut Rice Noodles / Sevai - Breakfast in 5 minutes

Hot breakfast in 5 minutes, and it's not cereal or toast or a fried egg! Or a smoothie for that matter. It's this amazing thing called 'dhideer sevai' or instant rice noodles which you absolutely must stock in your kitchen. Unlike Maggi or any other 2 minute noodles, you don't have to cook them. Imm
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2 serving
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 100 to 150 grams rice noodles instant (Dhideer Sevai)
  • 1 litre water recently boiled
  • 3 tbsps peanuts roasted unsalted
  • 2 tbsps sesame seeds
  • 8 black pepper corns
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp coconut fresh / frozen scraped
  • pinch asafoetida
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • 1 red chilli dried broken into pieces

Method
 

  1. Immerse the noodles in the hot water, cover and keep aside for 2-3 minutes. In the meanwhile coarsely powder the roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and black pepper corns in a small jar of the mixer.
  2. Drain the noodles using a colander, shake off all excess water.
  3. Heat 2 tsp oil in a non-stick kadai / pan. Splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves, dried red chilli and asafoetida, when the curry leaves crisp up, add the drained noodles, salt and coarse peanut-sesame powder.
  4. Toss well but gently until the noodles / sevai is well coated.
  5. Garnish with fresh coconut.

Notes

You could use the same recipe for poha (beaten rice).
I've used Anil brand Rice Sevai, 777 brand and found them to be good.