Murukku takes many turns with every region and culture. Here is an Andhra speciality… murukku is called Janthikalu in Telugu and they always make theirs very hot and spicy. This recipe is similar to our thenkuzhal preparation but made with gram flour instead of Urad flour along with some additions. I have tried this recipe with both roasted and raw rice flour then turn out pretty decent, do give it try for this diwali!
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| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Rice flour (Roasted rice flour / Homemade / Idiyappam flour/ Raw rice flour) |
| 1/2 cup | Gram flour (besan) |
| 1 teaspoon | Dalia flour (pottukadalai maavu) |
| 1/2 teaspoon | Cumin seeds |
| 1 teaspoon | Red chili powder |
| 1/4 teaspoon | Turmeric powder |
| 1/4 teaspoon | Asafoetida powder |
| 1/4 teaspoon | Ajwain powder (whole ajwain crushed) |
| 1 pinch | Baking soda |
| 1 teaspoon | Salt (exact measure) |
| 1/2 cup | Water (exact measure) |
| 1 & 1/2 tablespoons | Ghee / butter room temperature |
| 5 cups | Oil |
- Mix rice flour, gram flour, dalia flour, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, ajwain powder, baking soda & asafoetida powder. Do sieve the flour before adding the rest.
- Add sesame seeds, cumin seeds, and salt.
- Cut in the butter / ghee and mix to form a crumbly texture.
- Then slowly add water and knead well to form a soft ball.
- Meanwhile heat oil and keep the pan ready on medium high flame.
- Use a murukku press with round nozzle or plate, squeeze in a small portion of the dough, and press over the hot oil.
- Fry until its golden and drain excess oil by placing them over a paper towel.
- Cool completely and store in an air -tight container.
Notes
- Check the oil temperature before pressing the murukulu. Try with a small sample.
- Always fry the murukku on medium high flame, otherwise it will brown the outer layer, and dough will be partially cooked inside.
- Do them in batches, do not over crowd them while frying.
- Sieve flour before making the dough.
- Use 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder for color if you wish. All these ingredients are store bought ready made flour, just grind dalia at home if you cannot find them in stores.
- Ajwain can be either crushed coarsely or powdered.
- Use room temperature butter or ghee for this recipe.
- Above recipe has exact measures, keep everything ready and proceed without fear.
- This may yield about 12 murukulu approx.
- I usually don’t shape them, just directly press them over oil , it saves time. If you wish you can shape them and use only the nozzle shown above, bigger nozzles will not suit for this recipe.
- If you don’t have murukku press, then use a regular ziploc bags, make a small cut on one side of the bag and press the dough.
Comments
9 responses to “Janthikalu Recipe – Murukulu – Diwali Snacks”
mullai i tried this today came out yummy thanks 4 the recipe
Hi Mullai, I was just looking at your site as usual, this time to hunt for some diwali recipes, i guess you posted this recipe yesterday and tried this yesterday itself and it came out very good. Thanks for the recipe.
Happy Diwali.
Presentation is good. Happy Diwali wishes to Mullai and all spice india viewers.
Mullai, Enakku deepavali mood ippo thaan varuthu….nice pesentation & yummy murukku…thanks for sharing….
Mullai, Janthikalu looks delicious…superb presentation…Advance diwali wishes…
andha pudavai colour is gr8 mullai mam…nalla irruku presentation….nice recipe…Divya Mubarak
looks really yammy …. i will definetly try this
Looks so yummy.
Mullai,
Presentation is good with Pattu saree and bangles. I think Diwali has come to your house already? Cool enjoy. Will try soon. Happy Diwali.