Murukku

                    The yummy snacks Murukku, who don’t like this. Murukku is my all time favorite.

For this diwali try this easy murukku Recipe and enjoy with your Love able family. Wish you all happy Diwali.

Ingredients:

• Idily rice or parboiled rice or raw rice -2 cups
• Dried channa dal /pottu kadalai – 1 to 1 ½ cup
• Oil or butter -1tbsp
• Seasme seeds (white) – 1/tbsp
• Omam seeds (Ajwain) -1/2 tbsp
• Red chillies – 5- 6 medium size
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Soak boiled rice for 3 to 4 hours; grind the red chilles first then the rice by adding little water to fine paste. Do not add too much water, and then you will not be able to prepare the dough.
2.  Add Dry channa dal to mixer jar and grind to fine powder and sieve it. Keep it aside.
3. Mix rice batter + dry channa dal powder + salt + Omam, sesame seeds + hot oil or butter. Mix it evenly to make soft dough.
4. First let me tell you about the murukku maker. The murukku maker come with 2 moulds and different plates. I have used the 3 hole  plates to make this murukku.
5. Take a small amount of dough and put it inside the murukku maker, then press it with the other mould (you have 2 moulds) and you will find dough coming out of the 3 hole shapes.
6. Move it in a circular motion to make muruku ,on the back side of a small plate or the back of a flat ladle.Grease the back of the small plate or flat ladle with little oil and then press on it.
7. We are doing this as the murukku will easily slip into the hot oil when you turn the plate or ladle. I greased it only once to make all the murukkus.
8. Heat oil in a kadai and when it is hot, drop the murukku inside the oil gently. It starts to bubbling  and the oil raises up with a sound.
9. Then when you need to stop droping murukkus .You can add 6 to 7 murukkus into the oil.Let it get cook don’t touch. 
10. After sometime, flip it over to the other side and fry till it become golden brown.When oil sound stops completely, murrukku is done perfect. 
11. Repeat the process for the rest of the dough.Once done, place them on a paper towel, to cool off. Once completely cooled, store it in an air tight container and enjoy this yummy snack for Diwali.