Unbelievably Good Homemade Omapodi Or Sev - cooking recipe

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

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