Sev / shavo /karo

Sev or shavo or karo as we call it in konkani, is a crispy snack which can be had as it is or it can be paired with uppittu(rullav), avalakki(phovu) or used in chats or preparation of chivda. We can prepare spicy as well as non spicy version.

Ingredients required –

1. Besan / gram flour – about 2 cups
2. Salt to taste
3. Asafoetida/ hing – 1/4 tsp
4. Carom seeds – 1/2 tsp
5. Hot oil – about 8-10 tsp
6. Oil – for deep frying
7. Water
8. Chilly powder – 2-3tsp

Method of preparation-

• Sieve the gram flour and keep.
• Now take about half cup water and to that add salt, chilly powder and hing
• Mix well and add the gram flour
• Kneed it well
• Heat the oil and add to the dough little by little while kneeding
• Once the dough comes together and doesn’t stick to hand it is done. It may take 8-10min.
• Finally add the carom seeds and mix
• Take the sev mould and add a small portion of the dough
• Heat the oil and press the mould to prepare sev
• Take care while ending each batch of sev to prevent lump formation. Gently shake the mould so that dough doesn’t form a lump at the end of the batch
• Deep fry it till crispy and store in air tight container

Note :

• Adding hot oil makes the sev crispy
• Let the dough be soft and not too hard to help in making pressing easy
• You can skip chilly powder if don’t want spicy sev
• Different sizes of moulds can be used to prepare khara kaddi as well.