Tikha Ganthiya
Tikha Ganthia is a crisp , crunchy , traditional Gujrati snack made of chickpea flour. It is a variant of sev and is very crunchy and spicy.
Ingredients
- 4 cups besan
- 1 cup water
- Pinch soda
- Salt to taste!
Grind to a powder
- 3 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp carom seeds
- 2 tsp dry chilly seeds
- 8 cloves
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp black salt
- 11/2 tsp red chilly powder
Instructions
- Take one cup water in a big mixing bowl.
- Remove 2 tbsp and keep aside .
- Add salt to water and using a hand blender , blend water and salt .
- This will form a milky solution .
- Add the ground spice powder .
- Mix well .
- Start adding besan to this water mix .
- Add spoon by spoon and keep stirring .
- Make sure no lumps are formed .
- Keep adding besan till all the besan is over .
- Now add the pinch of soda to the 2 tbsp water we had kept aside .
- Mix this soda solution to the besan mix we have prepared .
- Mix well .
- The dough should neither be too soft nor hard .
- Heat oil .
- Grease a Sev press machine .
- Use a thick sev mesh .
- Add a part of the dough to the machine and press sev into the hot oil .
- Fry till crisp and golden , flipping in between .
- Remove on an absorbent kitchen napkin .
- Break into big pieces .
- Store in a airtight container after the ganthia has cooled down .
