Omapodi / Plain Sev

Now that summer hoildays have started, Kids might want something to snack often.. So here I am with a very simple omapodi recipe which can be easily with ingredients available at home. You dodnot need much ingredients for making this delicious snack. More over every house will be having besan, so no need to go hunting for ingredients.. 

 

Omapodi is a traditional south indian snack that can be prepared duing the diwali festival. The delicious gram flour snacks is so easy if you make the dough consistency right.. You can choose the size of the sev / omapodi as your need - super fine or medium fine.. Both way it is delicious !!

 

Kids would love it very much.. We can use this same sev for chaat recipes too...Today we will learn how to make omapodi following this easy steps...I will soon posting more traditional snacks recipe soon..So keep looking for it...

Preparation time : 15 mins

Cooking time : 15 mins

Makes - 1 or 11/2 cups

Cuisine - Indian

INGREDIENTS :

Gram flour / besan - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Asafetida / Hing - 2 pinch
Ajwain / Omam - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 1/2 tsp
Coconut oil - 2 tsp
Salt as needed
Oil for frying

METHOD :

• Mix gram flour, rice flour in a mixing bowl.
• Add in salt, asafetida, butter, coconut oil and rub with your fingers so it resembles crumble.
• Now take ajwain seeds in a blender, add in water and blend them..strain them...
• Pour this water over the gram flour mixture and make into a dough.
• Now take your sev press and drop the dough in it. Cover the press.
• Heat oil for deep frying, Rotate the handle so you get fine threads...
• Fry this in hot oil a min..When shh sound is stop drain them..
• Press it with your hands so it breaks into small pieces.
• Store it in air tight container...Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

 Take your ingredients

 Take gram and rice flour in a bowl

 Salt

 Asafoetida

 Butter

 Coconut oil

Mix well

Using your fingers to rub them

Keep aside

 Now take ajwain in blender

 Add some water

 Blend them

 Strain them

 This is carom seed water

 Add that to the flour

 Form onto a dough

 Now take your sev press

 Put the dough inside this

 Heat oil for frying

 Rotate them you will get sev threads

 Fry in hot oil till crispy

 Drain them

 Done

Press it with your hands to break it

Now it's ready

Enjoy..

Serve...