Murukku is one of the most popular snacks in South India and it is even more popular at Deepavali (Diwali) festival time. It has long been the tradition at most homes to make delicious snacks such as Murukku, Thattai, etc. along with some special Indian sweets for Diwali. Special note: You need a Murukku mold as mentioned in Step 8 to make this.
Ingredients
Rice flour: 1 cup
Urad flour: 1/4 cup
Split chick peas: 2 tbsp
Butter: 2 tbsp (room temperature)
Sesame seeds: 1 tsp
Hing/Asafoetida: 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Red chili powder: 2 tsp (optional)
Curry Leaves: 5-6 (chopped)(optional)
Water: as needed for consistency
Salt: required to taste
Preparation
1.Dry roast the rice flour and urad flour separately for 2 minutes each. Make sure both the flours are just warm and not burnt.
2. Grind the split chick peas and make it into a smooth powder.
3. Add two tbsps of water, then the salt and asafoetida. Mix them well and keep it aside.
4.Fry the sesame seeds until it sputters completely and remove from heat (be careful as they tend to sputter wildly).
5. Take a wide pan and add all the flours, butter, sesame seeds, asafoetida & salt mixture and cumin seeds.
6. Slowly add water to knead it into a tight and stiff dough.
7. Now comes the fun part you need a Murukku mold to make this. I’ve used the single star attachment to make this murukku but you can use three star to make a different shape.
8. Now take a small amount of dough and put it in the maker and close the maker.
9. Take an aluminum foil or Ziploc bags with some oil brushed on it.
10. Start pressing the mould and slowly rotate the maker into a circle shape till you form a medium sized spirals as shown in pic.
11. Now heat oil in a pan when its hot enough to deep fry it add the murukku one by one (just lift the murukku gently from the foil by using your hand and slowly drop it in the oil or you can just put it in a wide spatula and drop it in the oil).
12. Deep fry until it becomes golden brown and remove from heat.
13. Let it cool for few minutes and store it in a air tight container and enjoy!
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