A Chef's Melody

What do you need 3 cup Besan/Chickpea flour 2 & 1/2 tbsp oil 1 tsp red chili powder 1/2 tsp carom seeds,crushed 1/2 tsp cumin powder 1/4 tsp asafoetida (Hing) 1/4 tsp turmeric powder salt to taste Oil to deep fry What you need to do Sieve the besan to avoid any lumps. Take 2 & 1/2 tbsp oil in large bowl.Add salt ,red chilli powder,carom seeds cumin powder,asafoetida, turmeric. Add 2 tbsp water in it and beat it vigorously with beater or spoon for few minutes It helps to make shev lighter and more crispy. Then add besan in above mixture and mix it well. Add sufficient amount of water and prepare a medium soft dough. Cover this dough with lid and allow to rest it for 10-15 minutes. After 10 minutes ,take a shev maker and grease little oil inside it. Wet palm with water and take some portion of dough in palm.Fill it properly in the shev maker and close the shev maker. Heat oil in a pan on medium flame. Prepare a shev directly in hot oil with Shev maker. Deep fry shev on me...

 What do you need 3 cups whole wheat flour(atta) 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 3/4 cup ghee 1/8 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cardamom powder oil for deep frying What you need to do In a pot,add the water,sugar,ghee and let it simmer until the sugar dissolves completely. Transfer this mixture to a large plate to cool. When the mixture is warm,add the salt and cardamom powder.Mix everything well. Add the wheat flour in batches and mix till the mixture form a dough ball. Let this rest for 15 mins. Divide this dough into 6 small balls.Take one of this ball and roll it out into a thick chapati.Cut small squares out of the dough by making horizontal and vertical cut on this dough 1/2 inch apart. Spread these squares on a plate and let them dry for 15 mins.Repeat this process with other dough balls. Heat oil in a kadhai,when hot ,reduce the heat to medium and fry these squares in batches for 6-8 mins or until they are light golden.Drain and transfer onto a tissue paper. Let the cool completely before stori...