Decent 6Chora

Ingredients
2 cups gram flour (besan)
1/2 tsp. ajwain (omam) seeds
1 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder
1 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
2-3 pinches asafoetida What is this? urdu translation plz
water to make dough
oil to deep fry


Method
1. Mix the chilli, oil, salt and seeds into the flour.
2. Add enough water to make a dough which is quite gooey.
3. It should not be pliable but sticky.
4. Grease the inside of a Sev-press, fill with the dough.
5. Press into hot oil, and fry lightly on both sides.
6. Drain well and cool before storing.
Variation:
• You may adjust the chillies as per taste.
• You may omit chillies to make bland sev.
• You may add finely crushed dried herbs (eg. mint) for add flavour.
Note: A sevpress is similar to a vermicelli press, but it should be small enough to handle over hot oil.
Making time: 15-20 minutes
Makes: 250 grams approx.

danial

http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/asafetid.html

what the heck is that thing

Aashna

ever heard of Hing?

thats what asofetida is.

Decent 6Chora

Hing? as in Hing - Phitkiree?

Tez Mirchi

No, not phitkiree, that's a whitish crystal thingie called alum. If you're from Karachi, you might have seen your mom boiling a ton of drinking water and then running phitkiree through it to make sure all the icky sediment settles out.

Heeng you can get at Indian stores, either solid or powdered, it's supposed to be a "digestive", whatever that means.

Sadaf

I thing, Hing is dried adrak? right?