Karasev Recipe | Khara Sev Recipe

Khara sev recipe is a South Indian snack made with besan flour, rice flour and some spices like chilli powder and pepper corns. There are lot of variations in this karasev, like spicy karasev, garlic karasev, motasev, pepper karasev, sattur karasev etc but this karasev recipe is a spicy version. You can make it as a soft texture or crispy one. It is a crunchy evening tea time snack and an easy diwali snacks recipe to prepare for this festive occasion.

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Karasev Recipe

Karasev Recipe | Khara Sev Recipe

Priya Santhamohan

Khara sev recipe is a South Indian snack made with besan flour, rice flour and some spices like chilli powder and pepper corns. There are lot of variations in this karasev, but this karasev recipe is a spicy version.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Diwali Recipes, Snack

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 4 Cups

Calories 190 kcal

Equipment

• Stovetop
• Kadai / Pan
• Siever
• Murukku Presser

Ingredients

  

1 Cup = 250 ML, 1 tsp = 5 ML

• 2.5 Cups Besan Flour / கடலைமாவு
• 1 Cup Rice Flour / அரிசிமாவு Link for Homemade Rice Flour
• 1 tsp Chilli Powder / மிளகாய்த்தூள்
• 1 tsp Whole Pepper / மிளகு
• 1/4 tsp Hing / பெருங்காயம்
• 1.5 tbsp Butter / வெண்ணை Link for Homemade Butter
• Salt / உப்பு To Taste
• Oil / எண்ணெய் For Frying

Instructions

 

• Sieve the rice flour and besan flour once. Crush whole pepper in a mixer or hand motor coarsely.
• In a large bowl, add besan flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, pepper, hing, butter and salt. Mix well by adding water little by little. The dough should not be stiff, but little sticky so pressing will be easy.
• Knead into a soft pilable dough. Always keep the dough covered. Don't allow it to dry. Use the thenkuzhal achu / dye for making this karasev. Take a portion of dough and stuff it into the murukku presser.
• Heat oil in a kadai, and check the oil temperature but dropping a small piece of dough into the oil. If it raises immediately, then the oil temperature is perfect. Press it in oil in circles, don't over crowd it. Just two layers. Fry in medium flame on both sides till golden brown. Drain it in tissue paper. Cool down and break it into pieces.

  Have this karasev recipe as tea time snack.

Notes

Tips for Khara Sev Recipe

1. Sieve both flour for even mixing.
2. You can add only chilli powder or whole powder as per your preference for this Karasev recipe.
3. Don't add more butter than mentioned or else khara sev will break while frying itself.
4. Instead of butter, a ladle of hot oil can be added to the dough.
5. For a variation of this khara sev recipe, you can add 3 to 4 pods of crushed garlic to the dough.
6. If the dough becomes dry it will be difficult to press, So sprinkle little water
7. Don't fry the Karasev in high flame, it will give a bitter taste.
8. You can use the traditional way of rubbing the dough through a big ladle that has holes in it.

Keyword Karasev Recipe, Khara Sev Recipe

Easy Diwali Snacks Recipe

Method for Karasev Recipe

1. Sieve the rice flour and besan flour once. Crush whole pepper in a mixer or hand motor coarsely.

2. In a large bowl, add besan flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, pepper, hing, butter and salt. Mix well by adding water little by little. The dough should not be stiff, but little sticky so pressing will be easy.

3. Knead into a soft pilable dough. Always keep the dough covered. Don’t allow it to dry. Use the thean kuzhal achu / dye for making this Karasev. Take a portion of dough and stuff it into the murukku presser.

4. Heat oil in a kadai, and check the oil temperature but dropping a small piece of dough into the oil. If it raises immediately, then the oil temperature is perfect. Press it in oil in circles, don’t overcrowd it. Just two layers. Fry in medium flame on both sides till golden brown. Drain it in tissue paper. Cooldown and break it into pieces.

Have this Karasev recipe as tea time snack.

Khara Sev Recipe