Noodles for breakfast!

Noodles for breakfast today!! But not your regular maggi noodles.. This is made differently.  My mother used to make this all the time and this is her original recipe.

This is not made with your regular maggi noodles.  Amma used to get it from a vegetable vendor. Here is what I use, it is vermicelli and I buy mine from a Korean Store.

Ingredients: (serves 6 people)

1 packet vermicilli noodles
2 medium size carrots (cut into very small pieces)
1/2 cup green peas (fresh or else frozen)
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 whole red chillies (broken into pieces)
Few curry leaves
salt to taste
Tomato ketch up (optional)

Method:

Boil water in a sauce pan.  When it starts to boil, add salt.

Now add noodles. Immerse it completely in water with the help of a spoon. Switch off the flame.

When it softens, drain, keep it aside. (Remember not to overcook. It softens really fast, takes only about  30 sec. or so.)

Place green peas and carrot in a bowl, add little water and microwave for 3 min. till carrot is nicely cooked.

In a pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds. When seeds starts to splutter, add red chillies and curry leaves.

Now add cooked carrot and green peas. Add little bit of salt. (We have already salted the noodles so just a pinch would suffice.)

You can also add little bit of tomato ketch up at this stage. Stir.

Now add the noodles. Mix it carefully with a fork and separate the strands. Switch off the flame.

Your noodle breakfast is now ready! Rise & shine :)