Finger millet, also known as Kezhvaragu/Keppai – Tamil, Ragi-Kannada, Ragulu – Telugu, Koovaragu – Malayalam is a highly nutritious millet. There are many ways of using this millet in our very day dishes…here is the recipe for a savory snack “Ragi Murukku” which can be had with your evening cup of tea or coffee.
Ragi Murukku has a decent taste, melts in your mouth..blah blah.. blah….. all that is fine but as soon as your family sights that not so appealing color… initial reaction goes….. “Pppppaahhh” feel 😕 ennadhu ithu???
Sometimes food can bring in a bit of humor too.. When Sid saw these for the first time he goes….Amma, “What is this? some kind of alien food??” then I told him these are just murukkus, he goes again “Did you make a bad batch, why are they sooo burnt”, now I know he’s watching too much Disney! lol. Ok friends, have fun making these black beauties and do share your funny experiences!
Finger Millet murukku / Kezhvaragu Murukku / Easy Murukku / Easy Diwali Snacks / Murukku / Mullu Murukku / Deepavali Kaaram Vagaigal / Savoury Snacks / Ragi Murukku
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| Ragi Flour | 1 cup |
| Rice flour | 1/2 cup |
| Gram Flour / Kadalai maavu | 1/4 cup |
| Red Chili powder | 3/4 teaspoon |
| Asafoetida powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Sesame seeds (white) | 3/4 teaspoon |
| Butter (room temperature) | 2 Tablespoons |
| Salt | 1 teaspoon (exact measure) |
| Water | 3/4 cup (exact measure) |
| Oil (for deep frying) | 4 cups |
Some murukku recipes to try from our page…
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. (Ragi flour, rice flour, gram flour, red chili powder, asafoetida powder and salt)
Add the sesame seeds, crumble the butter into the flour and mix. Slowly add water and make a stiff dough. (Even though the water measure given above is exact, I want you to add little by little until it all binds together, just to be on the safer side)
Using this star shaped disc we are going to press the dough to shape the murukkus.
Fill the murukku press with some dough with star hole plate. Make sure you grease some ladles to press the murukku first in that then drop them in oil. This is to ensure that we get a properly shaped murukkus.
Heat oil in kadai , enough to deep fry the murukkus. Deep fry over medium flame. As soon as to drop them in oil they go dancing with shhhh sound and swirls happily in the oil.
Its little difficult to find whether this murukku is fried or not as its color is black. The only trick is… when the bubbles subside and all that dancing stops we know its ready!
At this stage , take them out and drain excess oil in a paper tissue. Let them cool completely, store in air-tight box for upto 3 weeks.
Here you go…. Crispy, munchy Alien Murukku! Enjoy with a cup of tea!
Notes
- Yields about 36 mini murukkus.
- I have given exact measures and your dough should come out fine but if you mess don’t panic adjust with these options and knead again……
- If its too watery adjust by dusting little rice flour ( or )
- If its too tight add few drops of water.
10 Comments
Hello Mullai
I was intrigued by your ragi murukku step by step recipe. Fabulous with pictures too. But alas I couldn’t find the measurements!
Please do the needful as soon as possible.
Thank you
Hello Brindha,
Thank you so much for stopping by, the measurements are posted on the top just below the description, guess the mobile version is not working. Hope you will try and let me know your feedback.
Thanks
Mullai
do we need to boil the water added to make the dough??(just like idiyappam dough)
Hello Shanie,
I’ve used regular room temperature water, hope this helps. Thanks.
Thank you 🙂 will try that way
i did the muruku it was superb thank you for the exact measure da. Happy Diwali Wishes.
Thank you Archana! Wish you the same!
cute & healthy murukku !!
Cap,
It tastes like regular murukku..just that after you eat one you may feel the ragi (something like saw dust smell , lol)at the back of your tongue but other than that, its pretty tasty! Ragi is certainly an item which require an acquired taste, as it is not very appeasing to the palate. You will, eventually get used to it!
Cuties ! How was the taste when compared to regular murukku ? Like to try. Good one mullai.