Omapodi recipe, made with kadalai mavu (Gram flour/ besan), rice flour and omam (Ajwain/ caraway seeds) as main ingredients. Full video, step by step photos.
Some people make with just purely besan, but I make this way as I follow my MIL’s omapodi recipe. This is my family favorite snack, so made today as Deepavali snack. This is for my own reference and hope helps out who wants to try it out at home. Check out my aloo bhujiya post.
This is so easy if you make the dough consistency right. You can choose the size of the sev / Omapodi as your need – super fine or medium fine. Both ways its delicious and kids would love this very much. We can use this same sev for chaat recipes too! I use screw type press for making it easy to squeeze if I am making just for Aj for his snacks. The screw type has very slightly larger holes comparatively, which makes it easy for him to pick and eat too.
Omapodi recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Besan/ kadalai mavu
- ½ cup Rice flour
- 1 tbsp Butter at room temperature
- 2 tbsp Hot oil
- 2 tbsp Ajwain/ Omam/ caraway seeds
- Salt - As needed
- Oil - for deep frying
Instructions
- Dry roast omam,just till warm and powder it in the mixer.Then add ¼ cup water and grind again .Filter this and keep aside. (You can wash, soak for an hour and grind too).
- Sieve gram flour and rice flour together and add salt,butter,hot oil and the omam extract and mix well.
- Then add water as needed(careful,needs very less) and mix well,form a sticky dough.
- Press through the ompodi/idiyappam press in heated oil(oil should be heated just right,i.e; if you add a pinch of dough it should raise up immediately,dont heat till oil fuming)
- Form a circle in the oil and make sure you don’t overlap.
- Turn carefully immediately and cook till the bubbles ceases(takes very less time,less than a minute)
- Drain in paper towel and repeat the process for rest of the dough.
Video
Notes
- If you find it difficult to press through, then sprinkle a little water to loosen the dough.
- In case dough is getting dissolved in oil, then too much fat (butter & Oil) in the dough or excess water in the dough. Add more flour to trouble shoot. Also make sure to have the oil temperature hot while squeezing.
- I have updated the post with video, in that, I have used larger sized hole oma podi mold plate.
Omapodi method:
- Dry roast omam, just to heat it up to ensure easy powdering.
- Do not change the flavour. Just it should turn crisp.
- Cool down and take it in a mixer.
- Grind as fine as possible.
- Then add ¼ cup water and grind again.
- Filter this and keep aside.
- Some omam have too much impurities, for those type, you can follow wash, soak and grind method.
- Sieve gram flour and rice flour together and add salt,butter,hot oil and the omam extract and mix well.
- Then add water as needed(careful,needs very less) and mix well,form a sticky dough.
- Press through the ompodi/idiyappam press in heated oil(oil should be heated just right,i.e; if you add a pinch of dough it should raise up immediately,dont heat till oil fuming)
- Form a circle in the oil and make sure you don’t overlap.
- Turn carefully immediately and cook till the bubbles ceases(takes very less time,less than a minute)
- Drain in paper towel and repeat the process for rest of the dough.
Keep in an air tight container after cooling down, tastes best from the next day 🙂
i love this one..perfect snack..i had made this long back…Nice one raks…lovely clicks too
quick simple and yummy snack
my family's fav one too. but this time i didnt make this. but ur pictures make me very tempting to make this.Excellent clicks
I love this snack quick & simple snack. looks yummy& tempting… Nice click !
Nice step wise snaps,gives the thorough details !
Great clicks…. Lovely color.
this is my all time fav..im a new comer to your blog…but i didn expect i will c my favorite snap wen i opened it for the first time.. 🙂
wow! i'd need to toughen up much more if i am to make traditional stuff like this 🙂
Lovely….. Raks.
Most of the times we make it 4 our own reference.
this is the most versatile & everyone's fav snack. Pictures are gorgeous Raks
One fav snack that never fails to lift our mood!! Perfect for Diwali!!
Lovely click, dear.. U made me yearn for some! 🙂
Lovely snack Raks..
I love to top any of my chaats with this generously….nice color too.
Ompodi Looks perfect!!!!!
One of my favorite snack and Lovely Clicks!!!!!11
Looks perfect and a lovely snack
Perfect for deepavali. I reverse the ratio of the flours, equally crisp. Your picture is as inviting as much as the dish. Happy deepavali to you and family.
My family's favourite, just now finished making out pottukadalai murukku, am planning to make out omapodi too, looks prefect Raks, awesome click..
Wow.. what a surprise, i made it today evening da.. Will post tomorrow.! Ur's looks perfect!:)
i love this… looks perfect.
Ohhhh this is my fav snack. Looks perfect..i love this.
Wow, its good to discover your blog. All recipes are wonderful creation…Ompodi looks amazing !!I love it..My all time favorite always used to buy never tried!!now bookmarked it.Thanks for sharing..
I love this snack……..Nice one Rak's.
that looks perfect
Perfect! Awesome click Raks!
Looking at all you guys I am wondering when will I start my preparations.the Sev looks yummy Raks.
Crispy….nice one
Good one Raks..Nice clicks too
superb…Me too Like it so much..
wooo looks soo inviting..
Love Omapodi. I am thinking of making it too… REally tempting pictures
My son loves it, beautiful click!
good click.This is one of my favs too.
nice post and beautiful pic. asusual Raks. It's my hubby s fav. toolooks perfect.
very festive:)
hi raks, lovely clicks i missed doing this for krishnajayanthi, may be for diwali!!, looks absolutely stunning
it looks so simple when you do it..and such yumilicious pics..
looks perfect..
Wish you and your family a Happy Deepavali! Omapodi looks great with the golden color. Lovely click as always.
Wow just looks lovely and perfect.
It has come out so crisp. Love this Raks.
Wow…my all time favourite munching snack….looks delectable…
Looks fantastic, your pictures are tempting to make it. But unfortunately my omapodi plate is missing, will have to do something else.
OMG!! what a snack:-) I wonder if this would last till "next day" in my home:-) .. I haven't been able to do anything for Diwali at home this year… what a state i am in:-(
Happy Diwali Raks to you & your family!
Soma
http://www.ecurry.com
Perfect Ompodi, you are excellent cook dear!!!
Happy diwali to you and your family dear Rajeswari, may this diwali light up your life with prosperity and lots of happiness!!!
wow, never really eaten this, but looks similar to the Gujju sev that we make:) thanks for the great attention to details!
btw, I'm back to blogging after my motherhood break, and hope you can find some time to make some goodies for my Sweet celebration event
Looks so good, perfect for diwali, right. Advance diwali wishes.
Happy Deepavali Raji. Ompodi looks grogeous 🙂
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a very tempting click….wow it looks so yummy
My husband favorite snack.Looks perfect
Happy Diwali to you dear and perfect snack too. Looks sooooooooooo good and great click.
I cant get enough of this! One of my all time fav!
DK
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It's like bird's nest,very attractive pic.You have got a lovely space.
Have never tried this before, just had what my mom used to make. Yours looks great!
ompodi looks so crunchy munchy!!! good clicks!
love this snack.. looks so gud with tempting pics.. Whenever i tried, never came out gud.. shall try ur version soon!!
wowww! am seeing this just now..lovely oma podi raji!
My murukku achchu has large wholes…when I make this,feeling like we are eating murukku.wish I had your oma podi press!:)
Hi …. Cing ur site from many days… today i tried this sev … this came out reallly wonderful… i'm very much happy… Thankq for these wonderful recipes.. will try some recipes of urs soon
is it necessary to add rice flour?
Nice!!
Tried yr recipe.It came out well.thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes.
Hi I tried it .. Taste n crispy was too good but absorbs more oil n also hard to press
I am your follower,gets good feedback by following your recipes,thank u very much,tried om Podi as Diwali snacks, and came out well.
Thank you so much 🙂
All your recipe are brilliant and dishes comes out perfect!! I have a query.. this ommapudi maavu can I store in the fridge and use later ?
Thanks a lot 🙂 Please dont refrigerate, use up immediately, it will turn reddish if the dough is stored and used.