A tasty fried snack made during festivities, especially during Diwali. It’s made out of rice flour and gram flour (besan flour).
Ingredients:
• Rice flour 2 cups• Besan flour 1 cup• Cumin seed 1 tsp• Garlic 6 cloves• Ajwain seeds (• Sesame seed 1 tsp• Kashmiri chilly powder 1tbs• Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp• Asafoetida 1/4 tsp (Hing) • Melted Butter 2 tbs• Oil for frying• Salt to taste.
Step 1
Take a mixing bowl, Add rice flour and besan flour. Crush cumin seeds and garlic in a pounder and add to mixing bowl. Add now, ajwain seed, chilly powder, turmeric powder, sesame,hing and salt to taste. Pour the melted butter and mix with a spoon. Add little water and use your hand and crumble the dough nicely and knead it thoroughly to get a non sticky soft dough and leave it for an hour.
Step 2
Grease inside Chakli Maker cylinder either with butter or oil in order not to stick the dough inside and to get free flow of the dough through the nozzle ( moulds). Take required quantity of dough asper the Murukku maker cylinder, roll dough in cylindrical shape and place it inside the Murukku cylinder and close the lid ( top part of the Murukku maker.
Heat oil in a Wok in medium flame.Check whether the oil is hot Or not by dropping a small piece of dough into oil. If the dough comes up slowly, it indicates the oil temperature is ideal for you to fry.
Now take the Chakli maker exactly on top of the wok center and keep rotating the handle of the Murukku maker so that the dough directly fall in to oil. Do not overcrowd the wok so that it won’t fry properly nor can turn other side effectively. Fry it for about 2 to 3 minutes till it’s fried golden and turn other side. Remove the Murukku from oil using a spider and allow it to cool little bit before storing it in any airtight container.
Happy cooking!
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