Easy Breezy Rice Sevai Kichadi

I love rice sevai , but my mother does not like to cook it. Hence when I get a chance to make breakfast I ensure that I make this Sevai in a number of variations. You can make Lemon sevai, Coconut sevai, Kichadi, you can also make rice sevai fried rice. I wish to try that, will soon do it and post the recipe here. So today's breakfast was Rice Sevai Kichadi with Fried Gram Dal Chutney
Ingredients:

Rice Sevai - 2 cups.

Assorted veggies - I had carrots , beans and green peas.

Green chillies - 3 slit into two

Curry leaves

Mustard seeds.

Method:

Boil the rice sevai separately and run it through cold water (This will separate the grains). In a heavy bottom pan, heat a little oil and add the mustard seeds along with the curry leaves( I love to eat the curry leaves when they are crispy). To this add the slit green chillies and boiled veggies. I usually boil the veggies in a microwave, this is to retain the crunchiness of the veggies. Add salt to taste and saute the whole mixture for 5 mins time. Slowly add the rice sevai and carefully mix it with the veggies. Switch of the flame and serve hot with Chutney.

Choclate Cake for my Sister Gokie

I somehow remembered my sister a lot today. She is a person whom I have not interacted when we both were in India, now after years she is in US and now we are the best friends. Sharing most of our ideas and emotions via emails. I feel a close connection with her. She loves all my recipes and my cooking too. Im actually looking forward for her visit to India, when I can make all her favourite dishes and not to forget the little angels, my nieces. Lovely ones and naughty too. I baked a cake today and wanted to send it to her. Im sending it to her virtually, hope you like it Gokie.. Miss you !

I learned to bake a cake in a microwave from Divya Kudua of Easycooking. She is my teacher who gave me the confidence that cakes can be done in Microwave too. Thanks Divya. You can find the recipe for the cake here. Yes, but I did not do the Mocha Icing. And guess what , I took the cake to office it was all over in a few minutes, less than what I took to make it. Who will not be happy when the vessel is empty fast and people around relishing your food. I loved it. It actually motivates me to cook even the more better.