Mullu Murukku

This is a traditional South Indian snack item. In olden days, it used to be prepared occasionally and especially on Janmashtami. But now its easily available in the markets and people keep munching it often. Let's check out its recipe. If you prepare it at home as below, you will not like the ones available in market anymore.

Let's see the recipe.

 

Ingredients:

Rice: 2.5 tumbler

Kadala paruppu (chana dal) : 3/4 tumbler

Pasi paruppu (moong dal): 1/2 tumbler

Til : 2 tsp

Salt : 2.5 tsp

Elaichi : 3

Cooking butter : 50g

Note : 1 tumbler =~ 200 ml

Method:

1. Dry saute the urad dal and moong dal till it becomes hot. Then let it cool down and mix it with rice. And grind it into nice powder by giving it to some flour machine shop. 

2. Then wait for it to come down to room temperature. Then sieve it once or twice. This is important, else if rice or dal particles are present, then it will burst during deep frying which may cause burns. Also these particles may get stuck in the squeezing machine and cause trouble.

3. Add cooking butter, salt,til,elaichi powder. Mix very well.

4. Add some water and knead it as a dough  (similar to chappathi dough) which doesn't stick to your palm. (but do it in portions else if you make dough with all the flour at a time, then first few murukkus will come out well, and other murukkus will come out reddish.)

5. With the help of a muruku maker  (handy squeezing machine with different attachments for different shapes- choose the attachment with spiky circle), squeeze them into small spirals and deep fry them. (Refer the video)