Nylon Sev

Hello everybody!!
Remember we talked about Nylon SEV in the Ragda Patties post? They are beautiful, lime-yellow savory which are used as topping in every Chaat dish possible! They're basically fried very thin noodles made of gram flour. You need a special machine to make Sev. It is called as the Sev-Press. In chennai, "Oma-Podi" looks similar to Sev & the machine used for it can be used to make Sev too. Anyways, making Sev is a time consuming process. Hence, you can buy it of Amazon. Check out the link to your left. While it does not exactly taste like the nylon SHello everybody!! Remember we talked about Nylon SEV in the Ragda Patties post? They are beautiful, lime-yellow savory which are used as topping in every Chaat dish possible! They're basically fried very thin noodles made of gram flour. You need aev we get in Mumbai, it IS an excellent substitute! :-)

If you are planning on making the sev at home, then you'll need the SEV-MAKER or the noodle maker. I found this cheap one on Amazon. (look below) Even though the holes are huge, I'm sure they'll taste great. Here's the recipe you have to follow to make the SEV :-

Ingredients:
Besan/ Gram Flour/ Chickpea Flour - 1 cup
Hing/Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon
Haldi/Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Hot Oil - 2 tablespoons
Oil for deep-fryingSalt to taste

  

Method:

1. Mix flour, Salt, Hot Oil, Asafoetida, turmeric with very little water (around 3 to 4 tbsps) to prepare a stiff dough.

2. Get the Sev-Pressing machine or the noodle maker. Choose the one with very tiny holes. 

3. Fill the dough into the utensil and press out strands to form a mesh directly in hot Oil.

4.  Deep fry on low flame and remove on tissue paper.

5. Let it cool, crush it and store in airtight containers