Ingredients:
- Idiyappam flour/ rice flour – 1 ¼ cup
- Roasted gram flour/pottukadalai mavu – ¼ cup
- Hot oil – 1 tblsp
- Black sesame seeds – 1 tsp
- Asafetida – ¼ tsp
- Salt – as req
- Water – as req
- Oil- to deep fry
Procedure:
Making Roasted Gram powder:
- Slightly dry roast the pottukadalai in a pan for about a minute or so. Cool completely and grind it very finely. Sieve the flour and store it in an air tight container for long shelf.
Sev procedure:
- In a wide sauce pan add required amount of oil to deep fry
- In a mixing bowl add rice flour, roasted gram flour, sesame seeds, asafetida and salt. Add the hot oil to the mixture, mix roughly.
- Now add water little by little to form a soft stiff dough, grease the murukku press inserted star/mullu mold with oil
- Start squeezing the dough into the hot oil, it will drop about an inch dough at a time. Squeeze as much you can at the same time, Do not over crowd the pan.
- Allow it to cook for few minutes and stir occasionally, once the sizzle sounds off
- Place the crunchy Pottukadalai Sev over the paper towel to drain off excess oil.
- Cool completely and store it in an air tight container
NOTE:
- Sieve the urad flour finely, that will helps to shape and taste the Sev way better.
- Always cover the remaining dough with a damp cloth to keep the dough moist.
