Burrito Vithlani’s own style

BURRITO VITHLANI’S OWN STYLE

 

 

While face timing with my niece last week we were discussing Gujarati Nashto and the topic of gathia and sev mamra came up.  Minu and Manu were talking about how to eat  these snacks and so I am writing this post purely to tease Manu and my niece; to wind them up about the way they eat  Sev mamra.(Minu and Manu, this is now public knowledge)!   In fact this applies to all the Vithlani kids in the family.  Sev mamra is one of their favorite tea time snacks and is one thing that can always be found in our pantry.  Over the years I have marked how the Vithlani’s eat their sev mamra.

 

First of all, according to these guys, sev mamra only tastes good if accompanied by rotli, puri or thepla.  If none of these accompanying breads are present then they only taste good if served is a steel vatki (small streel bowl). No glass bowls or plates for these Vithlanis, oh no thank you!

When accompanied with rotli thepla or puri the way to eat sev mamra in the vithlani household is to make a sev Mamra burrito.  The soft bread is laid flat on a plate and then  sev mamra are placed in the middle.  This bread is then rolled just like a burrito and munched on.  Somehow, this is the way sev mamra are eaten at my in-laws and I am sure those Vithlani’s brave enough to do so will admit to this eating habit.

I am interest to see if anyone else eats their sev mamra in this manner or does this make the Vithlani’s unique?

For those of you who missed my post of sev mamra, here is the recipe.  Enjoy!!

3 cups gram flour

2 tablespoon oil

3 tea spoons salt

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon chili powder

3/4 cup water ( can add little more water if needed)

 

 

Mix together all above ingredients and bind into a soft dough. Heat oil in a wok for deep frying. Attach a thin sev nozzle ,fill up the sev machine with dough and pipe this directly into the hot oil. Flip gently to cook on both sides. Remove sev, drain on kitchen paper. Let it cool and store in an air tight container.

 

MAMRA / puffed Rice

3 cups mamra

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 tablespoon oil

Heat the oil in a pan, add turmeric powder and salt. Add mamra and mix well on medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes or till they are coated with salt and turmeric and are crunchy. Turn the hear off mix with sev and store in an air tight container.

Enjoy !!