Description
South Indian tea time snack.
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Rice flour |
| ¼ cup | Split black gram powder(urad flour) |
| ¼ cup | Gram flour (besan) |
| 2 tbsp | Butter(unsalted) |
| ½ tsp | Red chilli powder |
| 1 tsp | Sesame seeds |
| 1 tsp | Cumin seeds |
| ¾ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 5 cup | Oil (for deep frying) |
| ½ cup | Water (approx) |
Instructions
Mix rice flour, gram flour, split black gram flour, red chilli powder, sesame seeds, cumin seeds and salt. Cut in the butter 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 star nozzle or plate, squeeze in a small portion of the dough, and press over the hot oil. Fry until its golden brown and drain excess oil by placing them over a paper towel. Cool completely and store in an air -tight container.
Notes
Always try a small portion, a couple of squeezes, let cool them and then taste the murukku for salt and texture. If every thing’s fine, go ahead and finish, if not try adjusting to get the right taste.
24 Comments
1 cup equals what quantity, kindly let me know, need to prepare for x-mas
1 cup = 250 ml this is the regular measurement cup that you get in stores. Good luck and happy holidays!
Hi Mullai, I was looking for a murukku recipe and I am much appealed by your recipe, just one more thing is there anything we can substitute for butter….
Cheers
VV, any vanaspathi like Dalda will work. Some people use hot oil but iam not sure about that for this recipe. Thanks.
Thanks mullai, this was the first time i tried to make murukku.. to my surprise it came out really well.. the magic is the perfect recipe.. thanks
mullai no need to fry urad flour and rice flour right ? and one more question is it ok to use non stick kadai for deep frying , what do u think?
Anitha Sam
Dear Mullai my friend and myself tried this for Christmas. This was the first time I was making Murruku and was confident because of using your recipe. It came out excellent- even I myself was stunned. It tasted as a professional cook had made it. Thanks for your awesome input and perfect ratio of ingredients!!
i made this receipe yesterday and it turned so good everybody in my house loved it. your receipe proportions are so perfect the murruku turned out crispy and tasty. thanks a lot mullai.can u pls post the receipe for kesari.
You know what, Mullai, this was the first recipe which I made from the site and succeeded in the first attempt itself. Belated thanks for that. And I was just visiting after that. Then started giving comments. After brushing, my coffee (I don’t drink coffee or tea. So, I’ve no idea about good c or t. Pls, give me a tip to make perfect ones without tasting it) used to be yahoo inbox. Now, it is Spiceindiaonline. Just a flashback… opened up when I saw this murukku again…
Hi Mullai… I made murukku today, it came out very well……thanks for the woderful recipe…
HI Mullai, I tried this receipe in my own style and it came out so tasty. My son loves cripsy snacks and buying a small pack of murukku wasn’t cost effective. I decided to make myself. I didn’t have uradflour and i couldn’t get it anywhere. So i roasted it for few seconds and added water (as my dry mixie stopped functioning as well) and put it in the juicer. It came out so tasty for the first try.
The ratio you give is fantastic. Keep up the good work. This site not only make all wives/mum a good cook but bring we Indians together.
Thanks
Nice work Sri ! yeah unless you have a dry coffee grinder at home, its not that easy to grind a small quantity. Good to know you succeeded in finding a solution.
Vijayalakshmi,
You need to deep fry them,see that your oil is hot enough before frying. This might be the only reason why your muruku is not crispy.
Hi Mullai,
I tried this today but i dont know what i did actually it is not crispy,but i followed the proceedure exactly kindly let me abt ur thought.
Hi Mullai..
Successfully finished the second lot today.It had come out very well..Both the batches turned out well..So thought of conveying it again.So how was ur diwali.!!!!Hope u enjoyed the day..
Cheers
Radha Arvindh
Hi Radha,
Great!! hope you had a wonderful day. Nothing much over here, just another ordinary day.. did pooja, enjoyed a good meal with sweets. Actually took a day off from my website work and got myself glued "as you would say" to the TV programs.
Hi Mullai..
This was the last item prepared by me for diwali.This was the very first time I had ever prepared Muruku so never attempted to double the quantity.But then it was a super hit!!!I guess, I might have to start over with the second batch tomorrow..hee heee..Thank’s Mullai..Hope u r enjoying ur day with ur family!!!!
Cheers
Radha Arvindh
hi..wanna try this.. is that raw rice flour or should i roast it before mixing
Plain store bought rice flour is being used for this recipe and it does not require roasting.
i thought, preparng murukku is a very tough process.but now i wonder how i made it very fast very tasty.awesome mullai.ths s going to becom a regular snack in our home.thanx a lot
nice site everybody should visit this site.
ivloo easyaa muruku panrathu :-O lemme try…
Hi Mullai .. tried murukku.. came out very well… thanks for the recipe !!
Hi Sharlet, Glad you had success with this recipe.