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Limbu mari sev recipe | market style limbu mari sev | sev chivda recipe | chivda namkeen recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dry namkeen, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

For limbu mari sev

  • 500 grm gram flour - besan
  • ¼ cup hot oil
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp hing
  • 2.5 tbsp white pepper powder - optional
  • 1 tsp black pepper powder
  • Pinch of green food color - optional
  • 8 tbsp or ½ cup lemon juice
  • 1 cup water or as required
  • Oil for deep frying

For sev namkeen

  • Crushed aloo sev
  • ½ cup peanuts
  • ¼ cup roasted chana dal
  • 1 cup makai na poha
  • Some curry leaves
  • 3-4 dry red chilli
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp black salt
  • 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

Making limbu mari sev

  • In a mixing bowl, sieve gram flour (besan). Then add hot oil and mix well.
  • Now add salt, hing, green food color, white pepper powder, black pepper powder, and lemon juice. Mix well.
  • Then add water gradually and knead smooth and very soft dough.
  • Now add some drops of water and slightly wet your hand and rub the dough for 2-3 minutes till it slightly changes its color. (refer to video)
  • Then prepare sev maker machine with a small size hole disk. Grease the inside of it with little oil.
  • Now fill the container with prepared dough and close it tightly.
  • Now heat the oil. Once the oil is hot enough hold the machine over the pan. Turn the handle and a thin sev will come out. As the sev falls into the oil, slowly move the machine into a circular motion.
  • As you complete one circle, stop there and reverse the handle slightly to stop the sev from coming out.
  • Fry sev from both sides and then remove from oil and place it on the paper towel-lined plate.
  • Let, limbu mari sev cool completely. Then store it in an airtight container and the sev is ready to serve.

Making sev namkeen

  • Place a sieve in hot oil, and add peanuts and roasted chana dal. Fry it on medium heat and take it out into a bowl.
  • Then fry makai na poha on high flame till it nicely puffs up. Take out into wire rack and fry all poha into the same way.
  • Now fry curry leaves and dry red chili pieces. Take it out into a bowl.
  • Then add chaat masala, red chili powder, black salt, and sugar. Mix well.
  • Now add crushed sev and mix well.
  • Aloo sev namkeen is ready. Store it in an airtight container.

Notes

  • The addition of hot oil gives crispiness to sev.
  • For perfect flavor, the proportion of black pepper and lemon juice should be slightly high.
  • Knead the soft dough for sev.
  • Rub sev dough till it slightly changes its color.
  • Fry sev on medium heat. Do not fry it on low flame.
  • Fry makai na poha on high flame, so it will nicely puff up.
  • Mix chivda masala, when fried ingredients are slightly hot.
  • Store sev or sev namkeen in an airtight container. It stays good for 4 weeks