Black Pepper Sev

Ingredients:

• 6 cups Besan or chickpea flour
• 1 tbsp fine black pepper powder
• 1/4 tsp orange color
• 1 cup melted butter or oil or ghee
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp salt
• oil for deep fry.

Method:

• In a flat bowl or in a plate put ghee, baking powder & salt. Rub with your fingers till become frothy mixture.
• Add orange color & black pepper and again rub the mixture.
• To this mixture add besan and mix it very well. Then add water little by little and make a little hard dough.
• Heat the Oil in a pan or kadai for frying.
• Grease the inside of the Sev-Maker.
•  Pour some of the dough into the Sev-Maker and close it
• Once the oil is hot, rotate the sev-maker and in a circular motion pour carefully into the oil.
• Cook the sev on medium heat for about 3-4 minutes and flip using the help of another spoon or fork (to avoid splashing)
• Cook on the other side for a couple of minutes till there are no more bubbles forming.
• Take out the sev and place on a paper towel
• Allow it to cool down to room temperature.
• Break into pieces and store in an air-tight container and store.