Kara Sev (Step by Step procedure for ICC -June 2010)

Kara Sev is yet another delicious Snack from the South India, Usually prepared during the festival times and when children are there at home especially during summer season the snack is more helpful for all at home. Even though, my mom used to do all these in my childhood. I never gave an attempt to prepare this. When Srivalli announced this snack as a part of ICC (Indian Cooking Challenge) this month challenge, I really thought of giving it a try .But I have my own doubts, about preparing the sev with a holed ladle, giving  a try is always fun in cooking and  without any kind of second thoughts, I immediately started preparing it and they really turned out well and crispy. Raj also was happy and by the time he came back from office I just gave him few for taste and later  in no time he completed a small bowl of Kara sev just chit chatting with me. So what else we want when someone are eating happily, what we are cooking.  Thanks to Srivalli for choosing this snack. I made some modifications to the original recipe. So here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

• Gram Flour (Besan)-  2 1/2 cups
• Rice flour - 1 cup
• Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
• Black pepper coarsely powdered - 1 tsp
• Ghee -  2 1/2 tsp ( I used vegetable oil ) 
• Cooking soda pinch (optional)
• Salt to taste.
• Crushed garlic (optional) 2 pods (original recipe calls for this I didn’t use this) 
• Oil to deep fry.
• Ajwain/Vamu - 1 tsp (I used)
• Jeera – 1 tsp (I used)

Method:

• Sieve both Gram flour and Rice flour together in a bowl and make a pit.
• Add chilli powder, Pepper powder, Salt, Ajwain, Jeera, Oil, Cooking soda.

• Mix thoroughly with hands so that salt, jeera, vamu gets mixed up. Divide the dough into small ball like portions.

• Take one portion of this mixture, sprinkle water, and knead like Puri dough.
• Heat oil in a kadai, Use a ladle with lot of holes (Kara Sevai ladle).

• Put some dough on that and rub directly into oil.

• It will be like split string. Deep fry in oil drain excess oil.

• After cooling this off, Store this in an airtight container.