Besan Sev (chickpea flour/besan) :
Besan Sev is a noodle-type fresh snack made from gram flour. It is especially utilized in numerous Indian nourishment and snack arrangements as a primary fixing or decorating operator. It can be arranged at domestic exceptionally effortlessly. This recipe employments a Sevai Machine to plan it at domestic. This machine comes with numerous pre-fabricated molds to get ready sev of shifting thicknesses. We prescribe utilizing a form that plans the most slender strands.
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
| 2 cups Bengal Gram Flour (chick pea flour/besan) |
| 1/3 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder (optional) |
| 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing) |
| 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder |
| 1/3 teaspoon Turmeric Powder |
| 1 teaspoon Hot Cooking Oil (for dough) |
| 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons Water (more or less, as needed) |
| Salt |
| Oil (for deep frying) |
Directions:
1. Strain the gram flour in a huge bowl. Include black pepper powder, asafoetida, ruddy chili powder, turmeric powder, hot cooking oil, and salt, and blend well.
2. Include approx. (1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons) water (more or less) as required in small amounts and make a smooth and delicate mixture. Taste for the salt and include more if required.
3. Take a sevai machine, fit the shape with the most slender gap oil on its whole inward surface with oil, fill it with an arranged mixture, and near its top tightly.
4. Warm oil in a profound singing container or kadai over medium warm for profound frying. Hold the machine over the skillet, turn the handle of machine and press out lean strands into hot oil. As strands begin to drop into the oil, gradually move the machine in a circular movement (like planning jalebi).
5. Profound fry both sides for around 2 minutes on a medium fire until it gets to be fresh and light brown. Deplete and take it out utilizing the punctured spoon and exchange it to a plate.
6. Rehash the same and prepare the remaining mixture. Let it cool down at room temperature for 10-15 minutes sometimes recently breaking it into pieces. Store in an airtight holder and utilize it for up to 2 weeks.
Tips and Variations:
- Adjust the amount of ruddy chili powder concurring to your taste to make it more or less spicy.
- Add palak and pudina puree while making batter to make a palak pudina sev.
- Add bubbled potato and pulverized garlic while making batter for a decent flavor.
- Use the same sum of rice flour or both rice flour and gram flour instead of gram flour for variation.
Taste: Salty and mellow zesty snack.
Serving Ideas: Sprinkle it over chat, bhel, dahiwada, khaman dhokla, sev khamani, panipuri, poha, etc., and make them yummy. You can also utilize it to plan Indian chavanu blend, poha chivda, and sev tomato curry.