Unbelievably Good Homemade Omapodi Or Sev

This is from today's Thursday magazine. What a wonderful recipe and I'm so happy to have found it! My mom loves this stuff:)

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  cups gram flour
• 1  cup  rice flour
•  salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons red chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon asafoetida powder
• 2  teaspoons  crushed  thymol seeds (ajwain)
• 2  tablespoons  melted ghee
•  oil, to deep fry

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix together the first six ingredients.
2. Add ghee.
3. Apply a little ghee on your palms and mix the mixture well so that it spreads evenly.
4. Add the required amount of water (about 1/2 cup) to this mixture so that it is thick and lumpy.
5. Take a squeezing mould and fix the plate for sev or omapodi on it (The plate has a number of tiny holes).
6. Heat oil in a wok till smoking point.
7. Reduce heat to medium.
8. Add a handful of the mixture into the mould.
9. Hold the mould over the hot oil.
10. Start squeezing in a circular mode till the mixture gets over.
11. Set aside the mould.
12. Turn the omapodi to the other side with a ladle.
13. When the omapodi turns golden in colour, remove from oil and allow it to drain on clean paper kitchen napkins.
14. Store in an airtight container for upto 2 weeks.