We had a wonderful thanksgiving yesterday. As usual we didn’t venture out for black Friday shopping. Hubby always tells me it will be really crazy. The store will keep only few items that are at heavy discount and we are fighting for it. We too do our black Friday shopping but only after 1 .00 P.M on Friday, so those bargain hunters already finished their shopping and gone home by that time. I already got a new dishwasher, so only some small baking items will be in my Christmas shopping list. This week hubby and daughter is having their vacation, so for evening tea I need some snack to go with it. So I made this Madhura seva/ Sweetened chickpea flour noodles. It is one of snacks we used to get it in bakeries in my home town, Kerala, South India.
Madhura seva means sweet noodles in Malayalam. You can see them in bakeries, kept in glass jars. It was one of Amma’s favorite sweet, so appa used to buy every time he went shopping. This dish is also closest cousin to Manoharam , one of traditional sweet, a must for Tamil Iyer marriages. Manoharam is also a sweetened noodles, however difference between madhura seva and manoharam is that madhura seva is sweetened with sugar where as manoharam is made with jaggery. For marriage we fill this manoharam into a cone, later it is covered with glitter paper and other decorations and we call them Kalyana Parippu Thengai , and usually for a marriage only two is made and given to bridegroom family, and not distributed to others. You will see this manoharam kept infront until entire marriage or any other function is over. Since I don’t have any parippu thengai picture in my hand, I asked my friend Sandhya of “My Cooking Journey”. She immediately agreed and sent me whole album of a birthday celebration and told me to choose whatever I want. I am really happy to find such a good friend.
Even though both looks same and method of making is same there some difference in between especially in the ingredients.
Madhura Seva: Noodles are made with chickpea flour/besan flour dough and then fried and later coated with sugar syrup. This will be white in color due to sugar and dusting of powdered sugar.
Manoharam: Noodles are made with rice flour and urad dal flour (ratio will be 8: 1) or moong bean flour( 2: 1 ration to rice and bean flour) will be and then fried and later coated with Jaggery /brown sugar syrup. This one will be looks brown in color due to jaggery’s color. Since two sweeteners are different the taste also different.
I was planning to make both delicious sweet treat for long time. However, I got the chance to make this Madhura seva only now. First you need to make noodles with chickpea flour/besan, for that you need to make dough and then fried well. Cut it into small pieces of 2-3 inches long and then it soaked in sugar syrup of soft ball consistency. Then finally it is dusted with powdered sugar to give its classic look.
So if you get some time give it a try it very nice as only slightly coated sugar. Here comes the recipe.
Delicious slightly sweetened crispy snack for any tea time.
Ingredients
- 2cup Chickpea flour/Besan/Kadala Mavu
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup water
- 4cups canola oil for frying
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼cup water
- 2 pods of caradamom
- 1 Powdered Sugar for dusting in the end
- 2 Idiyappam Maker with big hole attachment
- 3 A candy thermometer if you have in hand.
Instructions
- Mix Besan/ Kadalamavu with Salt and water to make a soft dough. Start with ⅓ cup and use more as needed.
- Heat 4 cups of canola oil in a frying pan on medium high heat.
- Fill the Idiyappam maker, fitted with the big hole attachment, with the Besan dough.
- Into the hot oil press the dough into the hot oil, until it covers the entire oil. Fry both sides filp few times. This will not take much time and when fried, the sizzling will reduce tremendously.
- Drain the excess Oil on a paper towel and gently crush it into small pieces with your hands; keep it aside till ready to be used.
- Melt Sugar in ¼ cup of water and boil it till it reaches a one thread consistency or 230?F/110?C consistency on a Candy Thermometer.
- Add the fried Sev into the Syrup and mix thoroughly until the Sev is evenly coated with the Syrup.
- Once the syrup is all absorbed switch off the stove; let it cool down a bit and dust the powdered sugar on top. Gently mix to incorporate.
- Store in air tight containers and serve at room temperature.
Notes
This recipe is adapted from A tasty Challenge Copyright ©2013 Zesty South Indian Kitchen by Swathi( Ambujom Saraswathy) All Rights Reserved
I am linking this favorite recipes: Street Food event hosted at Shruti's Rasoi
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Reeni says
These look so delicious Swathi! They sound like a really special treat! I would love to try them sometime. What a neat noodle maker that is.
Hema says
I've tasted this long time back, you have done it perfectly..
manjula Bharath says
wow so very yummy sev 🙂 looks fantastic dear !!
Reni says
Looks wonderful ! wish i cud grab some right away 🙂
beena stephy says
Yum yummy
Maha says
I know spicy version n this is sumthing innovative ...but luking really delicious u knw...
Suja Manoj says
Veruthe manushare kothipikkale 🙂 looks delicious..
Gayathri says
delicious looking snack...nice presentation swathi
Denny says
A lovely and very different recipe, I have heard of Manoharam, but this one is new to me. Thanks for submitting to MLLA. The roundup is posted here: http://www.ohtastensee.com/2013/12/01/my-legume-love-affair-65-the-roundup/
Tamilarasi Sasikumar says
One of my fav sweet.. Well done and well presented dear...
Priya Anadakumar says
Super Swathi, we call this as inippu sev in Nagapattinam,, so lovely and very beautifully made. thanks dear for sharing...
nayana says
I have had it long back but never knew the name and you have presented it so beautifully , feel like grabbing that bucket ......bookmarked it...
Kaveri says
My sil who is from TVM, gets this from there every time she visits...Love it..Looks delicious Swathi
Sapana says
Those sev looks amazing and I love your photography . I mean the clicks are stunning ...
Sona says
These are one of my favorite snacks. Perfectly done, looks really delicious.
Rafeeda says
this is so nostalgic.... would love to have that bowl all for myself...
Arthy shama says
I remember having them, my grandmother used to make it. Madhura seva looks yummyyyyyyy
Sangeetha says
delicious sev n wonderful info abt this snack!!!
mjskit says
Oh I saw these on FB yesterday and they looked so good! What a delicious little treat!
Meena Kumar says
Madhura seva looks yum Swathi..love the way u write which district the sweet belongs to :).Love the panchasara paagam pic.
sripriya says
Never tried this.. thanks for sharing swathi.. will try it soon..
Yes Cook says
I have never had sweet murukku or sev. Sounds yummy. Looks so tasty.
Thanks for sharing.
Swathi says
Give it a try you will love it.
Nandini says
Swathi, the pictures, the detailed explanation, and the background are all so beautifully explained. Wonderful post. No doubt your husband and daughter would have loved it. And thanks for linking it up to my Mnoharam post!
Swathi says
Yes Nandini, my hubby and kids love it, I found your post is useful, that is why linked it. I think giving credit is always important.
Ash-foodfashionparty says
My mum never made the sweetened version, but my aunt made it quite often and I love em'.
Very well explained.
Swathi says
Try it Asha, it is delicious.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Such a tempting snack Swathi! I have tasted these and they are really delicious! I am going to try to make some soon. Such a lovely pictorial 🙂
Swathi says
Give it try Sandhya, you will love it.
veenashankar says
I had this time when I went to India.. Love ur tempting clicks
Swathi says
Glad you liked it.
Babitha costa says
swati,too good u recollect all old memories with your food.i love this we use to call it in nagercoil as innipu sev
Swathi says
Yes it is very nostalgic to me. Glad I learned another name.
Shobana Vijay says
I had thislong time back.But did not know how to prepare..thanks dear for sharing.. will try and let u know about the outcome.
Swathi says
You try this one, delicious, yes it is delicious
radha says
Love this. Always hope for a large share in any family wedding. But I doubt I will make this ... seriously tempted to right now. Who knows?
Swathi says
Give it try Radha, you will love it.
shama says
yummy snack dear
Swathi says
Thanks Shama
Avika says
Swathi, I am drooling now..These are one of my favorite snacks rrom childhood. My dad used to buy from some tamil brahmin shop where everything was home made. Madhura seva, maladu and omapodi, regular snacks in our home those days and I used to gobble all of them up very happily.. Long time since I had them now.. My parents also stopped buying since we are not at home .. Never knew they were so simple to make..bookmarking it, will try them out sometime ... Thank u for reminding me about them too 🙂
Swathi says
Yes Avika, it is connected with lot of memories, glad I am able rekindle your childhood memories, do give it try.