Did you lot know that my weblog has crossed 200 posts!!! I solely simply realised!! It is amazing how rapidly fourth dimension goes when you lot are having fun. I am grateful to all of you lot for your support! Today, for Fiesta Friday, I am bringing to a greater extent than or less other of my elementary dishes: Vermicilli Pilaf!Everyone inwards my habitation from my footling ones to my parents similar vermicelli. I similar it every bit good .. Mainly for the ease of cooking. It is amazing how many things ane tin brand alongside vermicelli! Vermicelli upma, vermicelli Payasam, vermicelli pulao. I similar to scream to vermicelli cooked alongside vegetables every bit vermicelli pulao or pilaf. It is a perfect repast exceptional endure it breakfast, tiffin or dinner. One could consume it simply every bit easily for whatever of those meals!
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients:
Vermicelli: 8 oz or 125 gms
Water : four cups
Cooking oil: 1 tbsp
Onion: 1 small, chopped.
mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig.
urad dal ( dissever matpe bean): 1 tsp ( optional)
Chana dal ( dissever chick peas): 1 tsp ( optional)
Peanut halves: 1 tbsp ( optional)
Mixed vegetables: 1 loving cup ( I used peas, carrots together with dark-green beans).
Green chillies: two small, slit
Haldi( turmeric powder): 1/2 tsp
Salt : to taste
Lemon juice: 1 tbsp ( from 1/2 lemon).
Cilantro :1 tbsp, chopped.
Method:
Boil H2O alongside a footling tabular array salt inwards a saucepan.Turn off the gas.Add the vermicelli to the hot water, comprehend together with continue for 3-4 mins. Drain the H2O using a colander together with continue the vermicelli aside.
Heat 1 tbsp crude oil inwards a sauté pan.Add mustard seeds. Once they spultter, add together curry leaves, chana dal together with urad dal , peanut halves together with saute for 10 seconds. Add onions together with sauté for a few seconds until the onions plough transparent. Now add together dark-green chillies together with turmeric pulverisation together with sauté for 10 seconds.
Add the cooked mixed vegetables together with mix well. Add footling fight of salt.
Now add together the drained vermicelli to this vegetable mixture. Mix together with estrus it until the vermicelli is warm. Squeeze lemon juice.
Garnish alongside freshly chopped cilantro.
Serve hot.
Enjoy.
Cooking made easy:
Vermicelli should never endure overcooked. Just soaking it inwards hot H2O for few minutes gets the chore done. If you lot fright that it is overdone, run mutual coldness H2O on it to halt it from continuing to cook. You tin also add together a footling crude oil together with toss it to forestall it from sticking to each other.
Tip for salubrious living:
Portion size tin endure quite successfully endure controlled past times using smaller plates piece eating. Use a 8 inch plate instead of 10 inch plates together with you lot volition honour yourself automatically eating less!
Food for thought:
I demand heed together with I forget. I run across together with I remember. I create together with I understand. Confucius