easy karasev recipe | kara sev recipe | besan sev recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Sev
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup besan / gram flour
- ½ cup rice flour
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 tsp black pepper (crushed)
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- 1 tbsp butter (room temperature)
- ½ tsp salt
- water as required (for dough)
- oil for deep frying
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 1 cup besan and ½ cup rice flour.
- add in ½ tsp cumin, ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp crushed pepper, pinch of hing and 1 tbsp butter and ½ tsp salt. combine well.
- now add ¼ cup water (or as required) and prepare smooth dough. the dough will be slightly sticky, thats normal.
- grease the large holed mould with some oil and stuff dough into it.
- further, press and spread the sev in hot oil forming a circle in the oil and make sure you do not overlap.
- after a minute, flip over and fry the other side.
- finally, drain over kitchen paper to absorb oil and repeat making more khara sev with the remaining dough.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.