Recipe: Tasty Murukku

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Murukku (Tamil - முறுக்கு) is a savoury, crunchy snack originating from the Indian subcontinent, The name Murukku derives from the Tamil word for "twisted", which refers to its shape. In India, Murukku is especially popular in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh. Murukku is a popular South Indian crunchy and crispy snack made with rice flour and lentil flour. You can cook Murukku using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Murukku

1. You need of Rice flour.
2. It's of Urad dal.
3. It's of Maida /all-purpose flour.
4. Prepare of Black seasame seeds.
5. Prepare of Chilli powder.
6. It's of Asafoetida powder.
7. You need of Oil.
8. Prepare of Salt.
9. You need of Water.

It is also known as murukulu, chakralu and jantikalu in Andhra. Murukku also known as Chakli is a savoury snack item. Its a deep fried item which can be made using a Murukku Maker. Chakli is mainly made during festivals or any special occasions but the method below is the quickest way to enjoy Murukku/Chakli with hot Tea on a wet day.

Murukku step by step

1. First wash the urad dal and get rid of the excess water using a paper towel or cloth. Heat a pan and roast the urad dal untill golden once golden remove from the pan. as it might burn from the heat of the pan. Now) roast the rice flour as well on a low flame in a mixer grinder, powder the urad dal add black seasame' seed, maida, chilli powder' asafetida and salt mix well,, then add 2tbsp oil of your choice and mix well with the' flour add around 3/4 glass of water little by little and knead.
2. Into a dough, such that it does not stick to the bowl and is smooth fold in and knead untill smooth now leave the dough to rest for about 10 mins after about 10 mins prepare the sevanaazi and fill the dough into it on a butter paper or a plantain leaf,, press and rotate the sevanaazi to make round murukku, make the layer close to each other white frying gentely remove from the butter paper and drop in the oil. heat a kadai when the oil start to heat up drop in the murukku one by one gently,.
3. After adding the murukku, keep the flame on medium heat when fully done, increase the flame and remove from the oil you can understand that the murukku is fully done when the bubbles on top start reducing and disappearing.

Murukku is a deep fried crisp snack made with rice flour and gram flour. These are eaten through out the year and is most commonly made during festivals. Butter murukku is a lighter version of the traditional murukku or chakli. These are very light, crunchy and have a nice flavor of butter. Murukku is a savoury, crunchy South Indian snack, usually made with rice flour.