Omappodi / Sev - An Easy Snack for Diwali

Ingredients

2 cups gram flour/besan

6 tsp rice flour

1/2 tbsp carom/ajvain/omam

1/4 tsp asafoetida

1 tsp red chilli powder

water as required

salt to taste

oil to fry

Preparation

1. Dry roast the carom in medium heat for 2-3 minutes till a nice aroma comes. 

2. Now adding 1 tsp of water, grind the roasted carom to a smooth paste.

3. In a mixing bowl take the gram flour. Add rice flour, asafoetida, chilli powder, salt and the carom paste to it. Mix well.

4. Add water little by little to this and knead well to make smooth and soft dough with the consistency as that of noolappam/idiyappam dough.

5. Heat oil in a large kadai. In the meantime , fill the idiyappam/sev  maker with a large ball of dough after putting the sev disc in it.

6. Once the oil is hot enough, press the dough to the oil in circular motion. Once it is cooked on one side, turn over to the other side. Fry in low heat till they turn yellow in color. Take out from oil and drain in on kitchen towel.

7. Once it cools down, store it in an air tight container. 

Thanks to Soumya for the recipe!