how to make air fryer sev | healthy baked sev recipe
Sev is one of the most loved namkeens in the Indian cuisine. Learn to make air fryer sev and serve it in style.
Equipment
- Air fryer
- sev press / chakli maker
- saucepan
- Sieve
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- ¾ cup chickpea flour besan
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 1-½ cup red lentil flour masoor dal flour
- pinch baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt as per taste
- ¾ cup water
- 2 tbsp. oil
Instructions
- Add chickpea flour, red lentil flour, rice flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl.
- Mix water with oil.Blend the liquid with little turmeric
- Add water mixture to flour along with some turmeric powder.Add little water mixture first and then add more if required to get a semi hard dough.
- Knead into a semi hard dough. Cover and leave aside for 15 minutes.
- Boil water in bowl. Transfer the dough to a sev maker/snack compress. Press to get thin sev in the boiling water.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes. Take the sev out of water.
- Take the sev out of water and place it over a tissue. Let it cool down for 15 minutes.
- spray some oil and transfer the sev to a preheated air fryer basket. Cook at 160C/320F.
- Cook for 9-10 minutes. Spray oil and cook further for 6-7 minutes or until its cooked .(total cook time of 16-17 minutes). The sev becomes more crispy when it cools down.
- Take the cooked sev out. Store in an air tight container when cool.
Notes
The dough needs to be semi hard, not to hard (else you will not be able to use the sev press) and not too soft.
I have tried using just besan with rice flour, however the sev was more soft when I cooked them in boiling water and hence they cooked in clumps compared to using the red lentil flour.
I believe if you just want to use besan, then use more rice flour, example, for every 1 cup of besan use ¼ cup rice flour. I have not tried this combination but I believe this will help give a better texture.