Baked sev

Preparation time : 15 mins

Makes : 1 cup

Ingredients :

Bengal gram flour / besan : 1 cup
Asafoetida powder : Pinch
Turmeric powder : Pinch
Salt  : 1/2 tsp or as per taste
Lime juice : 2 tsp
Oil : 2 tsp
Water : 1/8 cup

Method : 

In a mixing bowl, add besan, asafoetida powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix the dry ingredients together.
Add lime juice, oil and mix well.
Add little by little water to make a soft dough. The dough should be soft and have a chapati dough consistency.
Give the dough a cylindrical shape.
Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10 minutes.
Grease a baking tray.

We will use a chakli maker or sev maker or chakli press to give the sev its shape. It is available in all Indian market.
It comes in many shapes. we will use smallest shape hole fo the sev maker to get thin sev.
Add the smallest shape in the chakli maker. Place the the dough into the cylindrical shape container of the sev maker and press it.
Now close the chalkli maker and start to turn around in a curricular motion till the dough comes out from the other end.
Once it comes out , spread it on the tray without overlapping one another.
When it reaches the end, simply break the noodles chain and place it on the tray.
The sev is now ready to be baked.
Bake it at 180 degree Celsius in a pre heated oven for 9 minutes.
Once the sev gets cooked and becomes crispy, allow it to come to a room temperature.
Break it into small pieces to give it a nice sev shape.
You will get a crispy and tasty sev with very little oil.

Enjoy your dish :)
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