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diwali snack/omapodi/simple plain sev

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Total Time 45 minutes
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Gram flour/Besan/Kadalai mavu - 2 cups
  • Ordinary rice-flour - 1/2 cup any ready-made rice flour will do
  • Carom seeds/Omam water - 2 tsp
  • salt to taste
  • chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Butter - 1/2 tbsp

Method
 

FOR OMAM WATER!:
  1. Take some omam in a mixer with water and grind.
  2. Strain it with filter and take the needed amount of omam water(2 tsp)for the dough.
FOR THE DOUGH!:
  1. Take gram flour,rice flour,salt,chilli powder,omam water and butter in a large plate and form a dough till smooth by adding water.
  2. Select a suitable hole disc for omapodi squeezing and fill the dough in the squeezer.
  3. Heat oil in a kadai when it is hot simply squeeze the dough in circular motion.
  4. Flip both the sides.
  5. when shhh sound subsides take out in a tissue.
  6. Store it in suitable container and enjoy.

Notes

Hot oil can be added instead of butter.
Omam can be simply ground with water and strained and add only the measurement what I have given don't add too much.
Add only soft butter to it.
It cooks very quickly and it changes color quickly so be careful.
Strain the omapodi in a tissue or a paper before transferring it into a container.