Kerala Murukku

Murukku is a south indian snack food. Often served as a tea time snack. You can make Murukku really easy. so let’s start.

First of all we will dry roast Urad dal for few minutes n mixer grinder and make fine powder . You can use a sieve.

Next Mix Rice powder, Urad dal powder, Salt, Sesame seeds, Asafoetida,Cumin seeds, Ghee/ Oil and Chilly powder.

Here Cumin seeds, Asafoetida and Chilly powder are optional, so if you don’t wish, you can skip it

Next add enough water, preferably warm water and kneed to a dough

The consistency should be more soft than chapatti (roti) dough

Heat enough oil in medium flame for deep frying

Fill enough dough in Murukku press (Sev maker) with required plate (usualy star plate)

Press and and make spiral shape murukku in a butter paper or Banana leaf

Just check the heat of the oil by dropping a pinch of dough to oil.

If it rise quickly without browning, its perfect

Transfer it to strainer ladle and move to hot oil

Deep fry each of them to golden colour, and drain excess oil by placing fried it on kitchen tissue

Enjoy Murukku with Tea.