Name: Ratlami Sev recipe by Purwa Upadhyay at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 250 g - gram flour/besan; cooking oil (For deep frying); 3/4 cup - water (more if required); Pinch of turmeric; 1/2 tsp - salt; 1 pinch - Asafoetida/Hing; 1 pinch - Cooking Soda; 1/2 tsp - Red Chili Powder; 1/4 tsp - Fresh Pepper Powder; 1/4 tsp - Roasted Carom Powder; 1/2 tsp - Roasted Cumin Powder; 1/4 tsp - Fennel Powder; 1/4 tsp - Cinnamon Powder; 1/4 tsp - Clove Powder; 1/2 tsp - Ginger Powder; 1/4 tsp - Black Salt; 2 tsp - Lemon Juice

Ingredients Serving: 4

250 g - gram flour/besan
cooking oil (For deep frying)
3/4 cup - water (more if required)
Pinch of turmeric
1/2 tsp - salt
1 pinch - Asafoetida/Hing
1 pinch - Cooking Soda
1/2 tsp - Red Chili Powder
1/4 tsp - Fresh Pepper Powder
1/4 tsp - Roasted Carom Powder
1/2 tsp - Roasted Cumin Powder
1/4 tsp - Fennel Powder
1/4 tsp - Cinnamon Powder
1/4 tsp - Clove Powder
1/2 tsp - Ginger Powder
1/4 tsp - Black Salt
2 tsp - Lemon Juice

Instructions

In a bowl take all the ingredients except oil for frying and water, mix everything well for 2-3 mins rubbing between your hands to get sand like consistency.
Add 1tbsp water at a time and start mixing the flour into dough, do add water slowly to avoid flour from becoming messy. Handing besan is always messy, one the dough gets form you will see it will hard when you press the dough, if we make a
Grease well sev or chakali maker and use plate or disc with medium holes, fill the maker with dough (for 1 cup flour I filled it only once), you can cover dough with 1 tsp oil and then fill it in sev press/machine.
Heat oil in a wok for frying and press directly over hot oil in single circle, don't over lap too many layers. Cook on medium to slow flame, once sev comes on surface turn and cook both sides until golden brown. This ratlami sev gets cooked
Remove from the oil and drain in kitchen tissue, repeat same for remaining dough.
After cooling completely, break into pieces and store in airtight container. and ready to serve :)

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