Recipe- Most Popular Aloo Bhujiya Sev

Aloo bhujiya Sev are a crisp and crunchy deep fried savoury snack which looks like thin vermicelli. It is a specialty from the state of Rajasthan and now popular all over the world. Sev are usually made with gram flour and spices, but now there are so many varieties of sev available in the market in so many different and delicious flavours, but Aloo Sev is the most popular variety among people.

Making Aloo bhujiya Sev is easy and quick. Gramflour and a few spices are added to mashed potatoes to make a dough and then drawn into thin sevs and deep fried in hot oil.

Ingredients

350 grams Potatoes / Aloo boiled
2 cup Gram flour / Besan
a pinch Cloves / Lavang powdered
1.5 tsp Dry Mint / Sookha Pudina
1.5 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
1 tsp Salt / Namak

Method

* Boil, peel and grate the potato with a fine grater.

* In a bowl take the grated potato and mix all the spices in it.

* Add the gram flour and mix it properly.

* It should form a soft and smooth dough.

* Now grease a sev maker or kitchen press .

* Attach the thin or medium thickness sized disc/plate to the kitchen press.

* Make a log of the dough and and fill it in the kitchen press.

* Heat enough oil in a wide and deep pan.

* Now press the sev directly in the pan by pressing the dough through the kitchen press.

* Let it cook on medium heat from one side. Do not stir it in between.

* When it becomes slightly crisp then flip it over carefully .

* Now let it cook from other side till golden and crisp.

* Drain on a paper napkin and let it cool down completely.

* Then crush them slightly to make small pieces.

* Store in a air tight jar.