How much cooking time?

45 min — 15 min prep, 30 min cooking.

Homemade Sev (Crispy Gram Flour Noodles)

Name: Homemade Sev (Crispy Gram Flour Noodles)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Gujarat Indian
Ingredients: salt; 4tbsp Sunflower Oil; 0.5tsp Turmeric Powder; 0.5cup Water; 2cup Gram Flour; 0.5tsp Asafoetida

Homemade Sev is a crispy deep-fried Indian savoury snack made from a seasoned gram-flour (besan) dough pressed through a sev-press into hot oil. Used as a standalone namkeen, a topping for chaats (bhel puri, sev puri), or garnish for poha. A staple Gujarati-Marwari-Maharashtrian farsan.

Time 45 min · Serves 6 · 249 kcal · West India, Gujarat

Ingredients

Main

salt (optional) (whole)
Sunflower Oil — 4 tbsp (whole)
Turmeric Powder — 0.5 tsp (ground)
Water — 0.5 cup (whole)
Gram Flour — 2 cup (ground)

Tempering

Asafoetida — 0.5 tsp (ground)

Method

To begin making the Homemade Sev Recipe, combine all the ingredients except water.
Gradually add water to make it a stiff dough, adding extra water if required.Grease the Sev Press or the Sev Sancha with oil and place the plate with many tiny holes into the press.Heat oil in a frying pan, until hot.Fill in the sev dough into the press.
Press out thin strands of the dough into the hot oil.
Only press in enough to cover the oil.
Sev cooks and turns dark quickly.
So gently turn the pressed sev to fry the other side.
Once the sev starts to turn golden, using a slotted spoon drain excess oil out and place it on a plate to cool.Press the remaining batches of the sev dough in the similar manner.Cool the entire homemade Sev and store in airtight containers.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Homemade Sev (Crispy Gram Flour Noodles)?: 249 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 45 min — 15 min prep, 30 min cooking.

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