One morning, I decided I wasn't in the mood for rice. I definitely didn't feel like making chapattis. And for some vague reason, even upma didn't seem like a good option. Then I remembered reading this recipe years ago on a vermicelli packet. It seemed perfect for that morning. It gave me that kick which I get from trying something new. And it tasted great in our lunch box.
2 cups Roasted Vermicelli
2 Onions, sliced
4 Tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp Oil
2" Stick Cinnamon
2 Cloves
1 Green Cardamom
1 tsp Green Chilli Paste
1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/4 tsp Chilli Powder
Salt to taste
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Add the onions and fry for a minute. Add the chilli and the ginger-garlic pastes and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry for another couple of minutes. Add the turmeric and chilli powders along with the salt. Add the vermicelli and mix well. Add 4 cups of hot water and cover and cook for 5 minutes.
Enjoy this with some cool raita on the side.
16 comments:
When mom made semiya like this we used to love it, and we kids used to take a fork and eat with the fork saying it is posh . Well i am talking about ages and ages ago, well decades ago :-)
Deeelicious! Anything in lunchbox when you are hungry in the afternoon must taste so good. Love it with Tomato! :)
I love such tomatoey dishes and make something similar for my daughter.
never made semiya like this .. looks really good
we only have veggie semiya upma - this looks really interesting. i love semiya!
Delicious and easy recipe!! My all time favorite.
This would be great for BF too.:)
Nice color!
I actually make tomato rice like this.
I make this so often because it is one of the finest breakfasts when you do not have time and ingredients are few! I too try most of the recipes on packs:)
Hi Raaga,
Lovely recipe.. Do send this one and more tomatish recipies to my FIL-Tomato event by 31st.. check my blog for more.. Waiting for your entries:)
This is a staple! So easy to make no?
never added tomatoes to vermicelli..nice change it must e though!
Looks delish and different! Apparently different types of semiya (like the variety rices) are common in Coimbatore's Annapoorna kind of restaurants or "messes" which my hubby used to frequent as a bachelor. So he sometimes requests a replication of those lemon sevai, tomato sevai, coconut sevai, puli sevai etc - thats when i usually make these!
Looks good, now you have me hankering for some, and I've just had my mid-morning naughty snack of some old and greasy chips!
never tried with tomato,looks superb!!
So much has been cooking and happening while I was off the net!! Just saw the sulekha posts, I am glad that has been sorted out. Not sure if any of our photographs are there. Could not find any!
Lovely Upma Raaga..I love tomato-based stuff and tomato-sevai is one of my favorites.This one looks delicious..and tangy..I'm making this;-)
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