Monday, March 1, 2010

Besan Sev

Sev is one of the famous snacks.Sev can be used to garnish(topping) in many chaat items and also upma,..Sev also tastes good with tea/coffee at evening time.

Ingredients :
Besan / Chick Pea Flour - 1 cup
Red chily powder-1 tsp
Ajwain powder-1/4 tsp(optional)
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Heat Oil / melted butter - 2 tsp
Water - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil for deep fry
Method :
In a bowl add all the ingredients except water then mix well.
Now add water slowly
 Make a soft dough.
Now  in a thick bottomed pan heat the oil in medium flame.In murukku maker choose small hole mold.
Put the dough in murukku maker.
When oil heats,hold the maker,with other hand turning the handle to fall dough like noodles and  slowly move the maker into circular motion on the top of hot oil.
fry both side sev till it turned into light golden color and become crisp.
slowly remove from the oil

Take it into tissue paper.
Cool down it and break it into pieces.
keep it in a airtight container about 3 to 4 weeks.

24 comments:

Swathi said...

Swapna,

We call it ommapodi, since using ajwan( ommam). Nice one i like very much. Besan sav looks yummy

Hayley said...

Sev is indeed a great snack...love your step by step pics...pics great too...

subhashini said...

All time Fav snacks and complusory on Diwali.Looks perfect

Renuka Bedre - Rao said...

my mom also makes similar kind! its tastes so gud! urs look perfect too! so delicious

Priya Suresh said...

Can have those crispies immediately, one of my fav...

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Wonderful snack it can do magic, I always have a bottle full of sev that comes handy for many snacks!!!

Unknown said...

Crispy and crunchy sev..love to have some..Perfect tea time snack!!

Gita Jaishankar said...

I love this for evening snack...looks so crispy and tasty :)

malarvizhi said...

thanks for visiting my blog and also for your comments.yours is interesting.and omapodi looks so crispy and nice with evening tea.

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Tina said...

Crispy and yummy yummy sev...

Meena said...

love the sev recipe...good one!

Ms.Chitchat said...

Crispy sev. An all time favourite. Clicks of step by step preparation is very good.

Chitchat
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Deepa G Joshi said...

besan sev is welcomed anytime as snack..love the presentation..

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Veggie Hut said...

looks gr8! i love it anytime..

priya said...

looks so yum..perfect with tea.

Gomathy S said...

Nice recipe collections..this is my fav snack..following you..

Unknown said...

Thank you all for your beautiful comments on my recipe...
Thanks Beena,Deepa and Daisy for visiting my blog...

Indian food recipes said...

wow!Perfectly fried sev!!!

Sowmya said...

Oh my...I'm drooling here....my fav too..An award is waiting in my blog dear.congrats Buddy.

Pavithra Elangovan said...

This is so perfect with everything..looks perfect.

Vineetha Sush said...

I feel really hungry...

Siddhi Shirsat said...

wow nice n crispy shev swapna..

Unknown said...

Thanx Sowmya for sharing the award...
Thanx Pavithra,Vineetha,Siddhi for your comments...