Shavige oggarane(Lemon flavoured vermiselle)
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 3 people
Categories: Upma
Ingredients
- For noodles
- Rice noodles: 200 gms
- Water: 1 liter
- Salt: According to taste
- For tempering/oggarane
- Oil: 2 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds: 1/2 tsp
- Urad dal: 1.5 tsp
- Channa dal/gram dal: 1.5 tsp
- Groundnuts/Peanuts: 2 tbsp
- Green chilli: 3-4nos
- Curry leaves: 2 strings
- Turmeric: 2 big pinches
- For garnishing
- Coconut: 3-4 tbsp
- Coriander leaves/cilantro: 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
- Other ingredients
- Lemon juice: 4-5tbsp (adjust accordingly)
Directions
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Boil water in a broad pan. Add salt. When water starts boiling, add the rice noodles & cook according to the package instructions. (I normally cook for 3-4 mins). When noodles become soft, turn off the heat & let the noodles sit in hot water for another minute.
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Drain the hot water & run the noodles under cold water. Break the noodles into manageable size.
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Allow it to cool.
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Meantime, prepare the tempering. Heat oil in a pan. When oil is hot, add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds splutter, add urad & channa dal. When dal turns golden, add ground nuts & roast till the nuts turn golden brown. Add green chilli, curry leaves, turmeric & turn off the heat.
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Pour this tempering over the noodles, adjust salt. Add lemon juice, coconut, coriander leaves to the noodles. Mix then thoroughly.
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Serve it with chutney, pickle or as is.