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Pudina Sev in Air Fryer
Prep Time
20 mins
Air Fry Time
30 mins
 

Learn to make Pudina Sev in Air Fryer

Course: Deepavali Snacks, Snack
Cuisine: Indian, Tamilnadu
Servings: 8
Author: Sangeetha Priya
Ingredients
  • Gram Flour Besan - 1.5 Cups
  • Instant Rice Flour - 1/2 Cup
  • Mint - 1 Cup loosely packed
  • Coriander Leaves - 1/4 Cup loosely packed
  • Lemon or Lime Juice - 2tsp
  • Baking Soda - 1/16tsp A Pinch
  • Green Chilli - As Needed
  • Salt - As Needed
  • Oil - 2 Tbsp plus for brushing on top
  • Water - 6 Tbsp
  • Chat Masala Powder - 1tsp Optional
Instructions
How to make Dough For Pudina Sev
  1. Measure gram flour needed for the recipe and sieve it before start making sev.
  2. Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves , green chili along with the given water measurement (Pic 1).
  3. Filter and keep the mint mixture aside (Pic 2).
  4. In a mixing bowl add sifted gram flour and rice flour (Pic 3).
  5. Also add baking soda and salt to the flour mixture.
  6. Now heat oil and pour over the dry flour mixture (Pic 4).
  7. Once you add oil to the flour mixture, you can see bubbles ie froths.
  8. Stir with ladle or carefully with hand.
  9. Few seconds later rub oil with flour using hand (refer video tutorial).
  10. Once done the mixture looks crumbly.
  11. Now add lemon juice followed by mint mixture in batches (Pic 5).
  12. Do knead to a stiff dough (Pic 6).
  13. If the dough is super moist adjust with gram flour and rice flour of right proportion.
  14. Too moist dough needs long time to air fry or gives soggy sev.
  15. Do make right consistency stiff dough, yet pliable and crack free like shown (Pic 6).
How to Air Fry Pudina Sev
  1. Grease sev press with oil all over the handle and to the inner cylindarical part for smooth handling.
  2. Chose the shape and tighten the bottom of the sev press (Pic 1).
  3. Insert pudina sev dough (Pic 2) in to the press and seal it.
  4. Choose either Air Fry or Roast option in the Air fryer.
  5. Set time for 6 minutes and temperature to 325 F (Pic 3).
  6. Air fryer preheats in less than 2 minutes, so be ready with the dough.
  7. Once it indicates to add food do pull the basket out.
  8. Immediately squeeze the dough in circular motion like shown in Picture 4.
  9. Spread a single non overlapping disc for better texture.
  10. In the middle of air frying, when its 3 or 2 minutes left to finish, it asks to turn the food.
  11. Do flip gently and apply light oil (refer video tutorial).
  12. Insert the basket and let it continue air fry for the rest of the minutes.
  13. Once done (Pic 5) do check whether its crispy or not if not do fry 1 or 2 minutes more.
  14. For me it was perfect after 6 minutes of air frying.
  15. You can make square sev by utilizing the entire air fryer basket space.
  16. Do cool the fried sev over cooler rack (Pic 6), once done store in an air tight container.
  17. You can either store as it is or break into small pieces and store.

Recipe Video