Murukku by Lakshmi

Murukku

Ingredients :
Rice flour - 1 cup
uradh dhal - 1/2 cup ( roast without color change n grind it to fine powder)
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
sesame seeds - 1 tsp
butter - 1/4 cup
salt to taste
water to knead

Note : you can use either rice flour from shop or soak one cup rice for few hours and drain the water and dry in wet cloth then grind it to a fine powder

Mix rice flour, roasted uradh dhal powder, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, and salt. Soften the butter and work into the mixture to form a crumbly mixture. Add water into small quantities and knead into soft dough.

Use murukku maker, place in a lump of dough and pipe out the patterns, forming circles. I placed the patterns in the wet cloth first.

Heat oil under medium high heat. Use sufficient quantity of oil to submerge all frying murukkus without touching each other. Transfer the murukkus from the wet cloth to the hot oil.

Fry to light golden brown color.
Remove the murukku from oil and place on a paper towel to drain the surplus oil.