firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 2 cup besan.
add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp ajwain, pinch hing and ¼ tsp salt.
also, add 2 tbsp oil and ¼ tsp baking soda.
mix well making sure all the spices are mixed well.
now add ¼ cup water (or as required) and knead the dough.
the dough will be slightly sticky, grease hand with oil and knead to smooth, soft and non-sticky dough.
grease the large-holed mould with some oil and stuff dough into it.
further, press and spread the gathiya / sev in hot oil forming a circle in the oil and make sure you do not overlap.
after a minute, flip over and fry the other side.
finally, drain over kitchen paper to absorb oil and repeat making more gathiya with the remaining dough.