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Omapodi recipe | Plain sev recipe | Easy diwali snacks

October 30, 2012 by Sharmilee J 42 Comments

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Omapodi or plain sev a crispy south indian snack with a flavour of ajwain or carom seeds.

Omapodi recipe with step by step pictures and video.Omapodi a  crispy south indian snack made with besanflour,rice flour,butter and ajwain.Ajwain or carom seeds is called as omam in tamil hence the name ‘omapodi’

As I’ve told, mittu is picky even when it comes to snacks…she loves omapodi and nendran chips…..and I’ve rarely seen her enjoying cookies/biscuits. The other day when I was getting her ready to school, she asked amma I want omapodi…..in the busy hours I ignored even lending ears to her and rushed her downstairs…..After waving bye and having a deep breath , I heard what she said…..browsed around ammas cookbooks , my collections and finally made this omapodi and guess what?! Mittu was surprised to see omapodi when she returned and the first thing she asked was: amma from where did you buy this?! haha She totally loved it and said amma make this for me often ok?! And that made my day complete!! 🙂

Having been very busy in the kitchen for the past weeks to fill up this space with more diwali specials, I totally forgot that diwali is only 2 weeks away…..and only now I’ve started to post the recipes that I made ready for this Diwali…….As I dont want the recipes to wait in the drafts so planned to atleast rush with my recipes from today 🙂

Though diwali reminds me of lights, crackers, new clothes, distributing sweets to neighbors…..On the other side each channel competiting with their own special programs, movies and diwali releases the whole city looks festive which sets the diwali mood .The best part I enjoy is making sweets/savouries at home and it has become even more special when I started to make on my own.

Sev is brittle and breaks down while frying.Why?

If butter is more you may not get perfect continousls thread while pressing.In that case add little more flour,sprinkle little water mix well and try again.

Dough is hard to press.What to do?

If the dough is to tight then pressing may be difficult.Sprinkle little water to make it loose then try again.If the dough becomes too loose, the sev may drink more oil so be careful.

Omapodi recipe video

You can make a variety of recipes using sev and find some of the recipes below:

  • Dahi Puri
  • Sev Puri
  • Bhel Puri
  • Dahi Papdi Chaat
  • Masala Puri
  • Aloo Channa Chaat
  • Bread Dahi Chaat

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Omapodi recipe

Omapodi recipe a crispy south indian snack wth a flavour of ajwain or carom seeds
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time25 mins
Servings4
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1 cup besan flour
  • 1/4 cup rice flour
  • 1 tbsp butter at room temperature
  • 1 heaped tsp ajwain
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp hot oil
  • salt to taste
  • oil for deep frying
  • water as needed

Instructions

  • Dry roast ajwain for 2 mins till nice aroma comes, then add to mixer jar along with little water.Blend it well.
  • Then filter the ajwain water and keep aside.To a sieve add besan flour,rice flourSieve it well, discard the remains.
  • Add salt,turmeric powder, filtered ajwain water, hot oil, butter,required salt and mix this well first.
  • Add water little by little to form a soft slightly sticky dough. Make logs like this and keep it ready.
  • Grease the press with oil and then fill it till 3/4th.Meanwhile heat oil - To check if the oil is hot, pinch a small piece of dough and drop it in oil if it immediately comes to top then the oil is ready.Press it in the preheated oil starting from the corners like a circle finishing it up in the middle.
  • Once it is cooked on one side turn over to other side and cook till bubbles(shh sound) ceases. Repeat this process for the rest of the dough.Finally break it and store in an clean dry airtight container.

Notes

  • Be very careful while adding water as the dough consistency is very important.
  • Do not let the dough rest for more time as it will get dry and pressing will be very difficult.
  • If it takes time then cover the dough with a wet cloth. Still if its difficult to press through, then sprinkle a little water to loosen the dough but very little.
  • I used my idiyappam press as I like my sev to be very fine. You can either use a big hole press or small one as you like it.
  • You get a big murukku kind while you take out it is very brittle so tends to break down to sev by itself.
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How to make plain sev recipe:

  1. Dry roast ajwain for 2 mins till nice aroma comes, then add to mixer jar along with little water.Blend it well.
  2. Then filter the ajwain water and keep aside.To a sieve add besan flour,rice flourSieve it well, discard the remains.
  3. Add salt,turmeric powder, filtered ajwain water, hot oil, butter,required salt and mix this well first.
  4. Add water little by little to form a soft slightly sticky dough. Make logs like this and keep it ready.
  5. Grease the press with oil and then fill it till 3/4th.Meanwhile heat oil – To check if the oil is hot, pinch a small piece of dough and drop it in oil if it immediately comes to top then the oil is ready.Press it in the preheated oil starting from the corners like a circle finishing it up in the middle.
  6. Once it is cooked on one side turn over to other side and cook till bubbles(shh sound) ceases. Repeat this process for the rest of the dough.Finally break it and store in an clean dry airtight container.

Enjoy with tea!

My tips while making plain sev:

  • Be very careful while adding water as the dough consistency is very important.
  • Do not let the dough rest for more time as it will get dry and pressing will be very difficult.If it takes time then cover the dough with a wet cloth. Still if its difficult to press through, then sprinkle a little water to loosen the dough but very little.
  • I used my idiyappam press as I like my sev to be very fine. You can either use a big hole press or small one as you like it.
  • You get a big murukku kind while you take out it is very brittle so tends to break down to sev by itself.

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  1. Veena Theagarajan says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:33 am

    great snack for anytime
    great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

    Reply
  2. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:40 am

    Wow so festive and tempting!!!
    Sowmya
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    Reply
  3. Celestina says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:41 am

    Looks yummicious…!!! Keep going

    Reply
  4. Celestina says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:42 am

    Looks Yummy Sharmi…!!!Keep going looking forward for more recipes this Diwali.

    Reply
  5. APARNARAJESHKUMAR says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:46 am

    perfect texture sharmi ! loved it and easy to make it too 🙂

    Reply
  6. WeR SAHM says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:47 am

    wow got a kind of crunchy munchy omapodi Sharmi…beautiful clicks

    Reply
  7. jeyashrisuresh says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:54 am

    Just now i finished making omapodi, almost the same recipe. beautiful clicks and wonderful presentation

    Reply
  8. Divya Kudua says

    October 30, 2012 at 4:08 am

    Love omapodi,but never tried making it on my own:)

    Reply
  9. srividhya Ravikumar says

    October 30, 2012 at 4:28 am

    awesome clicks..love it.

    Reply
  10. Rashida Shaikh says

    October 30, 2012 at 4:45 am

    This is nice snack and could be a good companion during traveling.

    Reply
  11. Vidya says

    October 30, 2012 at 5:59 am

    Delicious omapodi…my fav snack!

    Reply
  12. Prathima Rao says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:06 am

    Perfect & crisp oma podi!!Looks even better than the store bought version bcoz here it also has a special ingredient – a mother`s love & desire to make the best one for her loving daughter 🙂

    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  13. Priya says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:11 am

    One plate pls, just love this crispy beauties,beautifully done.

    Reply
  14. Happy Cook / Finla says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:45 am

    I love theese, but neve rmade them at home, but i am sure if i try it won't coe out so good too.

    Reply
  15. Satya says

    October 30, 2012 at 11:46 am

    wow sev looks awesome…perfect color n superb crisp…gr8 work
    Super Yummy Recipes

    Reply
  16. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com says

    October 30, 2012 at 11:52 am

    I always have stock of this .. simple and delicious!

    Reply
  17. Turmeric n Spice says

    October 30, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    Thèse look so food !! Perfect

    Reply
  18. ANU says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    wow drool worthy…and perfectly done dear!
    luv the clicks too…
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    Reply
  19. Sharmilee! :) says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    @thank you @Kookingmedley : Thanks for notifying have left a comment, lets see. I am removing ur comment as I dont want to give publicity to her space….hope you understand!

    Reply
  20. Vimitha Anand says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:51 pm

    Love oma podi any time… Looks so perfect…

    Reply
  21. dassana says

    October 30, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    you are a super mom, blogger and cook 🙂

    Reply
  22. divya says

    October 31, 2012 at 12:24 am

    Slurp!! drooling here:)

    Reply
  23. Follow Foodie says

    October 31, 2012 at 3:14 am

    Yummy!
    Today's Menu – Easy Potato Curry

    Reply
  24. Shema George says

    October 31, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    This definitely is a great diwali snack. I love it 🙂

    Reply
  25. Pen my thoughts says

    November 1, 2012 at 9:50 am

    yummy! I have a doubt about the cup size..whats the measurement of the cup you use?250 ml?

    Reply
  26. RAKS KITCHEN says

    November 5, 2012 at 2:33 am

    All time favorite. Looks very tempting!

    Reply
  27. Nandu says

    August 22, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Description and pictures are nice. You are spreading the aroma of nice cooking. thank you

    Nandu

    Reply
  28. Priya Selvaraj says

    August 26, 2013 at 7:02 am

    Hey sharmi pls hv a look after point 4 I dnt understand yaar. Plannin to try this for Krishna jayanthi.

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      August 26, 2013 at 9:56 am

      It was a typo…have corrected it now Priya

      Reply
  29. Nivetha Thankathurai says

    October 31, 2013 at 11:16 am

    omapodi was very tastyyyyyyyyy and it came out very wellll keep posting delicious recipessssss

    Reply
  30. Sushmitha Gomes says

    November 2, 2013 at 4:01 am

    Hire Sharmiji,
    Even I tried it out ystrday n it came out really well. Just wantd to know what shud I do invade I want garlic flavour or a lil spicy?
    Sushmitha

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      November 3, 2013 at 4:33 am

      For spice, you can add red chilli powder.And crush garlic add the juice alone to make it garlic flavoured…

      Reply
  31. Sushmitha Gomes says

    November 3, 2013 at 10:08 am

    Than n wish u a happy n a prosperous deepawali.

    Reply
  32. Sushmitha Gomes says

    November 3, 2013 at 10:08 am

    нєαяту ωιѕнєѕ тσ уσυ αи∂ уσυя fαмιℓу σи тнє fєѕтιναℓ σf ℓιgнтѕ… мαу αℓℓ уσυя нαρριиєѕѕ ℓιgнт υρ αи∂ ѕσяяσωѕ вυяи συт."нαρρу ∂ιωαℓι"??
    мαу тнιѕ ∂ιωαℓι вяιиg υ нαρριиєѕѕ, ρяσѕρєяιту, мαу
    αℓℓ уσυя ρяσвℓємѕ gєт вυяѕт ℓιкє ¢яα¢кєяѕ &
    єνєяутнιиg иєω αѕ ѕωєєт αѕ уσυ!!
    ωιѕн υ αи∂ υя fαмιℓу α нαρρу αи∂ ρяσѕρєяσυѕ
    ∂ιωαℓι.

    Reply
  33. ammukutty says

    December 25, 2013 at 8:13 am

    Hey Sharmilee,

    I am a great fan of ur website… we made mixture today ( my hubby was allexcited :)) and offered his help as well).. It came out really well…..thanks a lot for posting such wonderful recipes with pics….

    Reply
  34. Bala Subramanian says

    October 15, 2014 at 4:50 am

    u can also decorate it with roasted curry leaves

    Reply
  35. IP says

    June 2, 2015 at 1:33 am

    Hi sharmi 🙂 I tried your muruku varieties..It came out well . Thanks for sharing such a good recipes. Now i have a query.. while doing muruku we used hot water for making dough. Do we need to use hot water for ompodi also. And in ompodi we use hot oil..I would like to know whats the difference in using hot water or hot oil…Thanks

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      June 7, 2015 at 3:08 am

      It keeps the dough hot/warm and easy to press….

      Reply
  36. rashmi raman says

    November 16, 2015 at 9:49 am

    Hi
    Could you pls tell me if we need to roast both the flours thank u

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      November 17, 2015 at 11:38 am

      No need …

      Reply
  37. Adesara Sweta says

    June 13, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    hello ma'am I tried this plain sev its so crispy …. its a huge hit at my home n my father likes it so much… thank u…

    Reply
  38. sharmila dhandapani says

    August 25, 2016 at 5:23 am

    Hi aharmi tday i tried tis… But when i pressed it to oil it changes to brown color.. I dunno wher i went wrong?

    Reply

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