Sev | Besan sev | Sev Recipe
SEV is a very easy to make dry snack recipe. Once good thing about this snack is that it can be stored for 2 weeks.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time19 mins
Total Time24 mins
Equipment
- Sev Maker
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Gram Flour ( Besan )
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder ( Haldi )
- 1 tsp Dry Mango Powder ( Amchoor Powder )
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida ( Hing )
- Pinch of Baking Soda
- 4 tsp Refined Oil
Instructions
- Add the gram flour in a large bowl. Add all the ingredients and Mix well.
- Add approx. (1/2 cup ) water (more or less) as needed in small quantities and make smooth and soft dough. Taste for the salt and add more if required.
- Take a sevai machine, fit mold with thinnest hole and grease its entire inner surface with oil, fill it with prepared dough and close its lid tightly.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan or kadai over medium heat for deep frying.
- Hold machine over pan, turn handle of machine and press out thin strands into hot oil. As strands are starting to fall into the oil, slowly move machine in a circular motion (like preparing jalebi).
- Deep fry both sides for around 2 minutes on a medium flame until it becomes crisp and light brown. Drain and take it out and transfer to plate.
- Repeat same process for remaining dough. Let it cool down at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before breaking it into pieces. Store in an airtight container and use it for up to 2 weeks
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Notes
Tips and Variations:
- Adjust the quantity of red chilli powder according to your taste to make it more or less spicy.
- Add palak and pudina puree while making dough to make a palak pudina sev.
- Add boiled potato and crushed garlic while making dough for a nice flavor.
- Use same amount of rice flour or both rice flour and gram flour instead of gram flour for variation.