Murukku recipe

(South indian snacks and festival recipe)

Murukku ingredients:

• 3 cups rice flour 
• 1 cup fried gram dhal flour (pottu kadalai podi) 
• big pinch of asafoetida 
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds 
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds (optional) 
• required quantity of salt 
• required quantity of water 
• oil for deep fry 

Murukku prreparation:

• Mix rice flour, fried gram dhal flour, sesame seeds, required quantity of salt and a big pinch of asafoetida. 
• Add a laddle full of hot oil to the flour mixture and mix well. 
• Add little quantity water and knead into smooth and soft dough. 
• Dough should not be too stiff or too loose. 
• Heat a kadai with enough oil to fry. 
• Now take the murukku press and stuff in a lump of dough and press. 

• With the murukku presser, press the murukku to a greased laddle. (Shown in the above picture) 

• Slowly drop the murukku into hot oil. (shown in the above picture) 
• Deep fry on both sides until they turn into golden yellow colour. 
• Remove from flame and drain the excess of oil. 
• Cool and store in an air tight container. 
• This will be fresh for weeks in an air tight container.