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Shev or Sev

A crisp savoury deep fried snack made of gram flour/chickpea flour.  Shev/Sev is known as Karo in Konkani.  Also made as festival food during Diwali. 

Ingredients:
Besan/Gram Flour/Chickpea Flour - 3 cups
Ajwain/Owa/Carom seeds - 2 tsp
Turmeric/Haldi - 1/2 tsp
Cayenne pepper/Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp (optional)
Salt
Oil

Method:
1. Coarsely grind Carom seeds.
2. In a mixing bowl add gram flour, ground carom seeds, turmeric, cayenne pepper and salt.  Add about 1/2 cup water and knead all the ingredients to a soft dough.  Add few drops of oil and knead the dough well.  Keep the dough (covered) aside for about an hour.
3. Grease the chakali/shev mould with oil.  Stuff the mould with gram flour dough.
4. Heat oil for deep frying in a kadhai/wok.  Hold the shev mould above the kadhai and press (or turn depending on the mould) and deep fry the shev.  Be careful while turning the mould because of hot oil.  Or, press the shev on paper towels and then add in hot oil. 
5. Crumble the shev and serve with upma or pohe or as a snack.
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  1. PremaJuly 12, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    perfect sev,luks very nice...

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  2. Suja ManojJuly 12, 2010 at 5:48 PM

    Crispy and yummy tea time snack..nice one Uma

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  3. Priya SureshJuly 12, 2010 at 5:54 PM

    Sev, i cant stop munching them if i prepare, looks super crispy..

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  4. Umm MymoonahJuly 12, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    You are really an expert, you have got it perfectly.

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  5. SatyaJuly 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM

    sev ,wow it a evergreen snack ...simply love it

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  6. PranisKitchenJuly 12, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    delicious one uma.. best with tea.. nicely done..\

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  7. Indian KhanaJuly 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM

    All time fav..and looks so perfect..

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  8. Lakshmi ...Rasoi ki Malkin..northern and southern spicesJuly 12, 2010 at 10:59 PM

    Its "vamu karapoosa" very crispy with vamu/ajwain taste.

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  9. SuhainaJuly 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM

    perfect.. i too made some last week... urs looks so good dear.

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  10. Pavithra SrihariJuly 13, 2010 at 12:32 AM

    looks super perfect :)

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  11. KrishnaveniJuly 13, 2010 at 1:48 AM

    i'm in search of a recipe like this...crispy sev, without adding butter, very nice....worth trying, thanks uma

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  12. Sushma MallyaJuly 13, 2010 at 2:55 AM

    Perfect snack to enjoy at tea time...home made one is the best i can say...looks so crispy and you have done it really well uma

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  13. Aruna ManikandanJuly 13, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    looks perfect and crispy dear :-)

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  14. Sarah NaveenJuly 13, 2010 at 9:44 AM

    looks so perfect and yummy!!! loved it..

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  15. Suman SinghJuly 13, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    never tried making this at home...that looks perfect and delicious...

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  16. panchpakwanJuly 13, 2010 at 3:20 PM

    Looks super curnchy and nice color too..

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