How to Make Sev Chikki (Sweet and Crunchy Gram Flour Noodle Bars)

Cooking is one of my passions. I like to make nutritious and tasty foods at home without using preservatives and artificial colors.

What Is Sev Chikki?

First, I'll explain what chikki is. Chikki is a traditional Indian sweet made of jaggery or sugar and nuts. Chikki made with groundnuts is common.

Sev chikki is a type of chikki in which sev (crunchy gram flour noodles) is added. Making it involves three steps. First, you make the sev. Next, you mix it with boiled jaggery syrup and later, and then finally, you make the bars.

Sev chikki is crunchy and light—it makes a great anytime snack. It's also nutritious because of the abundant nutrients in the jaggery and gram flour. These protein-rich bars are a favorite of children and elders, as well.

Try this quick and easy snack whenever you crave something light and healthy!

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Ingredients

For the sev:

• 1 heaped cup gram flour (besan)
• 1 tablespoon rice flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil, for the dough
• Oil for deep-frying

For the jaggery syrup:

• 3/4 cup jaggery, powdered
• 2 tablespoons water

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, add gram flour, rice flour, and salt. Mix well.
2. Take the oil for making the dough in a pan and heat it until very hot. Pour it on the flour mixture. You will hear a sizzling sound. Mix it well.
3. Adding water little by little, make a smooth dough. No need to rest the dough.
4. Prepare the appliance for making the sev. Use a thin sev mould and fill the dough in the slot.
5. Heat the oil for deep-frying. Gently press or squeeze the dough by moving the appliance in a circular motion, so that the raw sev falls circularly into the hot oil. Fry the sev over medium heat.
6. Thin sev fries faster. Flip the sev quickly with the help of a spatula. Remove it from the oil and place it on an absorbent paper towel. Repeat the same process with the remaining dough.
7. Once the sev becomes cools completely, it will become very crunchy. Gently break them with your fingers to get uniform, smaller sev pieces. Set aside.
8. Keep a steel plate ready for pouring the hot sev chikki mixture.
9. Prepare the jaggery syrup: Heat a deep bottomed pan. Add powdered jaggery and 2 tablespoons of water. Mix well.
10. Keep the heat medium-high. Stir the mixture continuously. After 3-4 minutes, the jaggery should melt completely. Reduce heat. Boil the mixture until it becomes thicker and forms a two-string consistency. To check the consistency, drop a little bit of the jaggery liquid into the water stored in a bowl. If you are able to collect the jaggery inside the water and form a ball out of it, it is the right consistency.
11. Keeping the heat on low, add the broken sev and mix well. Keep the mixture on low heat for a few seconds.
12. Turn off the heat and transfer the mixture to the steel plate. Evenly spread it with the help of a spatula. Set it aside to cool.
13. After 5 minutes, draw shallow lines on it with the help of a knife, so that you can make square or rectangle pieces.
14. Once it cools a bit, insert the knife deeper on the lines to separate the pieces.
15. Take out the pieces when it becomes completely cold. Enjoy eating the crunchy and nutritious jaggery sev bars (sev chikki).
16. Store the remaining pieces in an airtight container and enjoy eating them for up to 2 weeks.

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Comments

ShailaSheshadri (author) from Bengaluru on September 24, 2020:

Thank you so much, Megha for your appreciation. Sev chikki is crunchy and delicious. Please try this recipe!

Megha Ginnare from BHOPAL on September 24, 2020:

My mother prepares namkeen sev. This was sweet. Really innovative and quite easy. Thanks for sharing

ShailaSheshadri (author) from Bengaluru on September 24, 2020:

Thanks for reading this hub and leaving lovely comments.

Lakshmi from Chennai on September 24, 2020:

Healthy and innovative recipe.