Unbelievably Good Homemade Omapodi Or Sev

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups gram flour
• 1 cup rice flour
• salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons red chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon asafetida powder
• 2 teaspoons crushed thymol seeds (ajwain)
• 2 tablespoons melted ghee
• oil, to deep fry

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mix together the first six ingredients.
• 2 add ghee.
• 3 apply a little ghee on your palms and mix the mixture well so that it spreads evenly.
• 4 add the required amount of water (about 1/2 cup) to this mixture so that it is thick and lumpy.
• 5 take a squeezing mould and fix the plate for sev or omapodi on it (the plate has a number of tiny holes).
• 6 heat oil in a wok till smoking point.
• 7 reduce heat to medium.
• 8 add a handful of the mixture into the mould.
• 9 hold the mould over the hot oil.
• 10 start squeezing in a circular mode till the mixture gets over.
• 11 set aside the mould.
• 12 turn the omapodi to the other side with a ladle.
• 13 when the omapodi turns golden in colour, remove from oil and allow it to drain on clean paper kitchen napkins.
• 14 store in an airtight container for upto 2 weeks.