Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves: 3 cups
Besan | Kadalai maavu 1 cup Rice flour 1/2 cup Red chili powder 2-3 tsp Garlic 4-5 pods Butter 1 tsp Hot oil 2 tblsp Oil for deep frying Salt as needed Asafoetida 2 pinches Method:
- In a wide bowl add the Besan, Rice flour, red chili powder, butter,asafoetida, salt and hot oil.
- Grind the garlic cloves into a smooth paste.
- Add 1/2 cup of water to this and mix well. We will use this water to knead the dough.
- Add the water little by little to the dough and make a smooth non sticky dough.
- Use thenkuzhal achu to make this kara sev.
- Put one portion of the dough inside the murukku press.
- Heat oil. When it is hot, bring down the flame to medium and squeeze the garlic kara sev into the oil, like how we do for murukku.
- Flip it after few minutes.
- Once the shh sounds subsides, take it out from the oil.
- Drain in a kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
- Once done, transfer into a wide bowl and break it into bite size pieces.
- Store it in a dry airtight container.

Method:
- In a wide bowl add the Besan, Rice flour, red chili powder, butter,asafoetida, salt and hot oil.
- Grind the garlic cloves into a smooth paste.

- Add 1/2 cup of water to this and mix well. We will use this water to knead the dough.

- Add the water little by little to the dough and make a smooth non sticky dough.
- Use thenkuzhal achu to make this kara sev.
- Put one portion of the dough inside the murukku press.

- Heat oil. When it is hot, bring down the flame to medium and squeeze the garlic kara sev into the oil, like how we do for murukku.
- Flip it after few minutes.

- Once the shh sounds subsides, take it out from the oil.
- Drain in a kitchen towel.

- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
- Once done, transfer into a wide bowl and break it into bite size pieces.
- Store it in a dry airtight container.

- Do not make the dough in bulk. Just make 1-2 batches and squeeze the garlic sev.
- Else the dough will become sour and spoil the taste of the karasev.
- You can add 1 tsp of black pepper powder and reduce the red chili powder.
- Adding hot oil to the dough gives nice crispiness to the kara sev, so do not miss it.
- Instead of red chili powder you can soak few red chilies in water and grind this along with garlic.
- You can add few more garlic pods to get even more stronger taste of garlic.
- You can use omapodi achu to make this lehsun sev.