Murukku

Ingredients:

4 cups Rice flour

1 cup Urad dal

2 tbsp unsalted butter

2 tsp Black sesame seeds

3/4tsp Ajwain seeds

1 1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Asafoetida

Water, for kneading

oil

Murukku maker

Moulds

How to:

• Dry roast the urad dal in a low flame, grind it to a fine powder, sieve and keep it aside. (You can also use urad flour and slow roast it.)

• Mix the rice flour, urad flour, salt, ajwain seeds, sesame seeds, asafoetida and butter (at room temp).

More butter=Broken murukku & Less butter= Hard murukku

• Now, slowly add the water till you get a soft dough and not sticky.

• Dip a clean cloth in water, squeeze it and cover the dough, as to keep the dough from drying.

• Pick a mould design and place it at the bottom of the murukku maker.

• Now stuff small amount of dough in the murukku maker, close it and start rotating the handle and move your hands in circular manner.

• Make the shape on a big flat spoon or spatula and just slide it into the hot oil at medium-high heat and deep fry'em.

• Remove the murukkus before it starts browning.

Crunchy n Munchy!

Sending this dish to the event 'Tea time snack', hosted by Sharmi.