Lemon Vermicelli

 Lemon vermicelli with crunchy peanut is a very tasty and easy to make breakfast dish.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Lemon Vermicelli.

Ingredients:-

Vermicelli.         -1 cup
Peanuts.              -1/4 cup
Green chillies.     -2
Dry red chilly.     -1
Curry leaves.       -1sprig
Turmeric powder.-1/4 tsp
Hing powder.       -1/4 tsp
Urad dal.              -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.     -1tsp
Salt.                      -1tsp
Water.                   -1 and 3/4 cup
Coconut oil.          -1tbsp
Ghee.             -1tsp for roasting
Lemon juice. -1/2 of a Lemon

Instructions:-

1). Heat 1tsp ghee in a pan and roast vermicelli on medium flame. Stir well until its colour slightly changes. Switch off the flame and transfer the roasted vermicelli to a plate.

2). Wash and chop green chillies into small round pieces. Broke one dry red chilly into 2 halves.

Method:-

1). Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a wide bottom pan and add urad dal and saute well. When urad dal starts to change its colour splutter mustard seeds and saute well. Add peanuts into the pan and fry in oil on low flame.

2). Add broken dry red chilly pieces, chopped green chilly pieces and curry leaves into the pan and saute well in oil for a second.

3). Add turmeric powder, hing powder, salt and water into the pan. Mix well and boil on medium flame.

4). Add roasted vermicelli into the boiling water and stir well.Cover and cook vermicelli on low flame till water evaporates and vermicelli becomes soft. Stir in between and don't overcook it. Switch off the flame and let it rest in heat for few minutes and then remove the pan from flame.

5). Squeeze lemon juice from half of a lemon into the pan and mix with the cooked vermicelli.Transfer the lemon vermicelli to a serving plate.

Lemon Vermicelli with crunchy peanut is ready to serve hot.