Lemon Sevai

A popular South Indian dish that can be served for breakfast, evening snack or even packed for school lunch.

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Lemon Sevai (or Lemon Idiyappam) is a very popular South Indian dish often served for breakfast, lunch or evening snack. It is a very simple dish to make and does not take a lot of time. Making the sevai can be time consuming for some, so you can use ready-made idiyappam.

If you do not want to use ready-made idiyappam/sevai, use this plain sevai recipe to make it at home.

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Lemon Sevai (Lemon idiyappam)

A popular South Indian dish that can be served for breakfast, evening snack or even packed for school lunch.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time6 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• 2 cup Sevai (Idiyappam) store-bought or homemade
• Juice of 1 Lemon
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped
• Salt to taste

Seasoning

• 1 tbsp Bengal Gram Dal (Channa Dal)
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
• pinch Asafoetida Powder
• 1-2 Broken Red Chillies
• 2 Green Chillies slit
• 2 sprigs Curry Leaves
• pinch Turmeric Powder

Garnish (Optional)

• Cashewnuts few

Instructions

• Place the sevai on a bowl.
• Mix salt and lemon juice in a small cup. Keep aside.
• Heat oil in a frying pan.
• Fry the cashewnuts lightly and remove. Keep aside until required.
• Add the ingredients for seasoning and fry for 30 seconds or until the dal turns light golden brown
• Add the sevai to the pan and gently toss well to mix.
• Add lime juice, chopped coriander and mix gently until all ingredients are properly combined.
• Garnish with fried cashewnuts.
• Serve with coconut chutney.