Plain Sev for Chaat | Plain Sev Recipe | Startup Cooking

 PLAIN SEV FOR CHAAT | PLAIN SEV RECIPE | STARTUP COOKING

Sev is a delicious crispy snack made from besan flour. It is usually made during Diwali festival to add in mixtures. Sev can also be used in many snacks and chaats. It is one of the best topping for most of the chaats.

Sev is a thin, crunchy noodles made from besan flour. The dough is made with besan flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, pepper powder, hing and salt. Then the dough will be pressed directly into the hot oil using sev maker and cook until crisp.

Plain sev should be very thin and it is also called as nylon sev, for this use the disc with very tiny small holes. Sev is mainly used in chaat recipes like aloo chaat, bhel puri, khakra chaat, ragda patties etc., 

Try this easy homemade sev with very minimal ingredients and easily store in an airtight container for up to 2 week. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Plain Sev. If you like this recipe share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

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RECIPE FOR PLAIN SEV

Coarse        : Snack

Cuisine       : Indian

Author        : Jayashree Karthik 

Prep Time   : 5 min

Cook Time  : 10 min

Total Time   : 15 min

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cup bengal gram flour (besan flour)

• 1/4 tsp black pepper powder

• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder

• 1/8 tsp hing

• salt to taste

• 1 tsp oil - for dough

• water - as needed for making dough

• oil - for deep fry

PROCEDURE

• in a mixing bowl, add besan flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, hing, salt and pepper powder

• mix well

• add required amount of water and make a soft and smoooth dough

• add a tsp of oil and slightly knead the dough well, dough will be slight sticky, don't panic

• take sev maker and use the disc with small holes

• grease with little oil

• make a thick log of dough and add into the sev maker

• heat oil in a kadai

• when the oil is hot enough, drop the sev directly in to the oil by rotating the sev maker in a circular manner

• cook on medium flame until it becomes crisp and light brown

• deep fry the sev on both the sides until bubble ceases

• remove from the oil and drain the excess oil in paper towel

• repeat the same process for remaining dough

• cool down the sev completely and then break down the sev into small pieces

• store in an airtight container and use for all types of chaats

• Delicious 😋 

NOTES

• adjust spice level according to your taste
• you can also add equal amount of rice flour and besan flour for more crispy sev
• just sprinkle the sev over the bhel puri, pani puri, poha, dhokla etc.,

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Plain Sev with Step By Step Photo Recipe

in a mixing bowl, add besan flour, turmeric powder, red chilli power, pepper powder, hing and salt

add required amount of water and make a soft and smooth dough, finally add a tsp of oil and knead the dough well

take sev maker or idiyappam maker, use thin small sized hole disc to prepare plain sev

perfect disc for plain sev

heat oil in a kadai, press the sev maker directly into the hot oil

cook on medium flame on both the sides

cook until light brown and crisp, drain the excess oil in paper towel 

plain sev is ready to use for chaats

cool down the sev completely before storing in an airtight container