MURUKKU

Murukku is one of the most popular Indian snack recipe, which is also known as chakuli. This is an all-time favourite tea-time snack. This crispy and crunchy delicious snack recipe can be prepared with rice flour and urad dal flour. Here I used homemade rice flour and uraddal flour. To make it in the authentic style, you can use coconut oil, this will add on to the aroma and taste of this recipe. This spiral shaped snack recipe is not only delicious, but has a long shelf life. Hence, you can store it in an airtight container and relish it as and when required. There are so many varities of Murukku, here i am sharing the basic one. 

INGREDIENTS:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Butter - 2 tbsp
Jeera/ Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Water as required

METHOD:

1. Rinse and soak the raw rice for 1 to 2 hrs.

2. Then drain and spread it on a cloth and dry it in the shade or under the fan. Let it dry completely.

3. Ground it to a fine powder and seive 2 or 3 times. Keep it aside.

3. Dry roast urad dal until hot to touch. Leave it to cool. Do not over roast it.

4. Ground the urad dal to a fine powder. Seive it 3 to 4 times.

5. In a bowl, add rice flour, urad dal flour, butter, cumin seeds and salt. Mix well.

6. Pour water little by little and make a smooth dough.

7. The dough should be non sticky and without crumbs. Close the dough with a wet towel.

8. Heat oil in a pan/kadai.

9. Fill the mould with dough. Press and make murukkus on a cloth or ziplock cover.

10. Fry murukkus until golden brown color on medium flame.

11. Drain it on a kitchen towel.

12.Enjoy this crunchy murukku with tea/coffee..........