Kara Sev
Kara sev
A traditional recipe for Diwali is kara sev which means of course spicy sev .
Those who are busy and do not know what to prepare for Diwali at the last minute, this is a good one to try.
Just mix the flours and either use a grater to make the sev or a steel metal press .Crunchy karasev is ready even while your tea is boiling..
1/2 cup of each flour ( half of recipe ) yields approx 2.5 cups of karasev.
Ingredients:
1 cup besan flour/ chickpea flour
1 cup rice flour ( idiyappam lfour will do.)
Pinch of asafoetida powder
2.5 tsp cracked pepper ( as we dont use any other spice agent , so 2.5 tsp pepper is needed )
A pinch of carom seeds ( ajwain )
salt as needed
2 tbsp softened butter or hot oil
Oil to deep fry.
You need a metal press with the holes to prepare the kara sev.
It can also be made using the carrot grater , by rubbing a small ball of dough on the other side directly into oil , the pieces of dough will fall into hot oil. see pics below.
Kara sev
Kara sev
Kara sev
Kara sev
Below is a video of kara sev from my youtube channel.
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