Kaarasev / Karasev #1

Ingredients:

Besan flour - 100 g
Rice flour - 75 g
Black pepper corns - 2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Unsalted butter - 28 g (softened)
Water - 60 ml(app)+ As reqd
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Now in a bowl add besan flour, rice flour and salt.
• Mix this well.
• Crush pepper corns and cumin seeds coarsely.
• Add this to bowl.
• Add in turmeric powder, hing and softened butter.
• Mix this well.
• Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
• Heat oil in pan to fry.
• Now grease the achu and place the muruku achu.
• Fill in dough and pipe it.
• Cook in medium flame.
• Once the sizzling sound reduces, transfer to plate.
• Store in airtight container.
• Yields 190 g of kaarasev.

Note:

• Generally they use laddle with big holes.
• Place the dough and press it directly in oil.
• I didn't have a laddle with big hole.
• I didn't have the murukku achu too instead used star murukku achu.