Omapodi Recipe | Sev Recipe | How to make Omapodi in Home with step by step pictures and a small video recipe. Plain sev is an easy and yummy evening snack that goes very well with Chai. Sev can be used with no.of recipes like Chaat,Bhel Jhal Muri, and many more. So if we prepare sev in bulk we can use it in so many varieties of the recipe. I actually prepared it for Diwali but posting it for Christmas. Now let's see how to prepare this easy and yummy omapodi.
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Step by Step Method with pictures:
1.Dry roast the ajwain till a nice aroma comes. Cooldown and then crush it using a mortar and pestle. Soak in warm water for 15 mins. After that filter the water and set aside.
2.In a sieve add in the Besan Flour, Rice Flour and Salt. Sieve it completely.
3.To the flour add in the Hot oil, Soft Butter and the Warm Ajwain Water. Mix well.
4.Sprinkle water little by little if required and knead it to a soft dough. Fill the dough into the Sev press or Idiyappam press to ¾ th. Heat oil for deep frying.
5.Once the oil is hot enough, Keep the flame into medium and then press the sev directly to the oil in a circular fashion.
6.Once its cooked turn the side and cook the other sides. Till the bubble sound ceases. Remove from the kadai and strain in paper tissue. Repeat the same process and continue the dough fully.
7.Allow it to cool completely and break into small pieces and store in an airtight container. Serve as a snack with coffee/ Tea in the evening.
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📖 Recipe
Omapodi Recipe | Sev | Plain Sev
Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Kadai
- Muruku Press
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Ajwain / Omam
- ¼ cup Warm Water
- 1 cup Besan Flour / Kadai Maavu
- ¼ cup Rice Flour
- 1 tbsp Soft unsalted butter
- 1 tsp Hot Oil
- Salt as needed
- Oil For deep frying
Instructions
- Dry roast the ajwain till a nice aroma comes. Cooldown and then crush it using a mortar and pestle. Soak in warm water for 15 mins. After that filter the water and set aside.
- In a sieve add in the Besan Flour, Rice Flour, and Salt. Sieve it completely.
- To the flour add in the Hot oil, Soft Butter, and the Warm Ajwain Water. Mix well.
- Sprinkle water little by little if required and knead it to a soft dough. Fill the dough into the Sev press or Idiyappam press to ¾ th. Heat oil for deep frying.
- Once the oil is hot enough, Keep the flame into medium and then press the sev directly to the oil in a circular fashion.
- Once its cooked turn the side and cook the other sides. Till the bubbling sound ceases. Remove from the Kadai and strain in paper tissue. Repeat the same process and continue the dough fully.
- Allow it to cool completely and break into small pieces and store in an airtight container. Serve as a snack with coffee/ tea in the evening
Notes
Keeps good for 2 weeks.
Prepare the Sev immediately after kneading the dough.
Use the idiyappam press or the Sev. The Size of the sev depends on the holes in the sev press.
You can use the sev in many recipes like Chat , Mixture or can be had as it is.
Saraswathi Ganeshan
Love to munch on these crunches anytime! Yummy!
Amara’s cooking
Hard to resist these crunchy snacks. Delicious.
Harini R
These crunchy beauties are welcome anytime at our place.
Chef Mireille
perfect for snack time. I would love to snack on these while watching movies!