Sev

Sev step by step instructions:

Besan (gram flour) sev is an Indian snack; found in almost every Indian home. I think we all love this crispy snack in some or other flavor.

It is very simple to prepare sev. All you need is one sev maker and a tit bit of patience.

Let us start cooking!!!

Ingredients:
Gram flour (besan): 1 cup
Water: 3 tbsp (lukewarm)
Carom seeds (ajwain): 1 tsp (finely ground)
Asafetida: 2 pinches
Cloves (laung): 3 (finely ground)
Red chili powder: 1 tsp
Oil: 2 tbsp
Oil for frying
Salt as per taste

Method:
1. Sieve gram flour in a big plate.

2. Sieve carom seeds, red chili powder, and cloves turn by turn.

3. Add salt and asafetida. Add oil.

4. Mix well. Now add water and knead into smooth dough. It will be soft. With the help of your palm knead for around 5-6 minutes.

5. Take a sev maker.

6. Wet your hands and take the entire dough and put it into the sev maker.

7. Heat oil. It should be moderately hot.
8. Now keep the sev maker above the oil and twist the maker so that the sev starts coming out of it. Try to move the maker in circular motion over the kadai so that we get rounds of sev.

9. Fry from both sides until the oil stops sizzling and the colour of the sev changes.

10. Let it cool and store in an airtight container.
11. Serve it as a tea time snack or use in any chaat, bhel etc.
12. Crispy Indian Sev is ready.

Tips:
1. Don’t keep the flame on too high otherwise the sev will burn. And on low flame the sev will absorb more oil.
2. The sev maker comes with a number of perforated plates. The thickness of the sev depends upon the type of plate you are using.
3. Kneading the flour with the palms helps in achieving crispier sev.

See you soon with a new recipe till then Happy Cooking!!!