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Sevai | Meethi Seviyan | Sweet Vermicelli

Sevai is a delicious and simple-to-make sweet noodle dish spiced with cardamom and saffron.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: meethi sev, sev, sevai
Servings: 8
Calories: 131kcal
Author: Puja

Ingredients

  • 1 cup angel hair pasta or vermicelli broken into 1” pieces
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 Tbsp ghee
  • 1 ½ cups water or milk
  • ½ tsp cardamom
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • 2 Tbsp chopped nuts of choice

Instructions

  • Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee in a pan. Add nuts. Toast until lightly golden. Remove the nuts into a bowl, keeping the ghee in the pan.
  • Add pasta and toast until golden. Remove the pasta to a separate bowl..
  • Add water to the pot and add saffron. Bring to a boil. Add the toasted pasta. Cover and cook for 7 minutes under low heat.
  • Add sugar. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add cardamom and 1/2 of the nuts. Mix well, cover, and allow to cool for 20 minutes. This will allow the sugar to soak into the pasta.
  • Garnish with remaining nuts.

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Nutrition

Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 0.1IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.2mg