Ingredients
- 1 packet rice sevai
- 1 cup jaggery
- 1 cup water or as needed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 10 cashews - chopped
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
This recipe for sweet sevai is perfect for just about any meal. It makes for a good breakfast or evening snack; there is just about always a reason to eat sweet sevai. The secret to this sevai’s sweetness is the jaggery and cardamom powder that the dish uses. Not only is it sweet, which makes it easy to eat (your kids will definitely not complain), but it is also vegetarian, so just about everyone qualifies to eat it.
Health Benefits
There are a couple ingredients in this sevai that make it sweet, but the big contributor is the jaggery. Including jaggery in your diet on a regular basis is actually good for you due to its multitude of health benefits. Jaggery contains a sizable amount of iron which helps to prevent anemia. It also functions as a natural detoxifying agent in the body partially due to its natural anti-allergic properties that stop allergies caused by coughing and colds.
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How to make Sweet Sevai
Trivia You can turn any sevai into a 'sweet' sevai by adding jaggery to it. |
