Ari Murukku

The first time when I made this, I couldn’t believe that I did it. I just had a vague idea on how to roll it and somehow mine came in shapeJ.  I remember my grandmother making this but may be only once or twice.  I remember, she did make us few letters to write our names and also various other shapes whatever we had asked her to.  I too wanted to try out some letters, but didn’t do it for some reason. May be next time J

Now that I got a better click, let me change the profile pic of my murukku J J  But I was lazy to make spiral ones from then.

Ingredients:

 

Rice flour                                --   1 cup

Urad flour                               --   ½ cup

Besan flour                             --   ¼ cup

Red chilly powder                  --   1 tbsp

Asafoetida                              --   ¼ tsp

Sesame seeds                         --   2 tbsp

Cumin seeds                          --   1 tbsp

Butter                                    --   1 tbsp
Oil                                        --    to deep fry

Salt                                       --    to taste

Water                                   --    as required

 

This measurement yields around 15-20 medium sized Murukku.

           

Preparation of the Murukku:

Mix the rice flour, urad flour, besan flour, salt, red chilly powder, asafoetida, sesame seeds and cumin seeds. Steam the mixture. I did it using a muslin cloth placed inside a steamer.

Let it cool. Add in the butter and mix well. Add warm water little by little until you get a smooth dough.

Heat oil in a pan for frying.

Fill the Murukku mould with the dough and press through the star shaped place onto a foil paper/parchment paper. Let it fall on the paper in a spiral shape.

When the oil is sufficiently hot, wet your hands and carefully take the Murukku and drop it into the pan. Fry until they attain the brown colour. Drain on a paper towel and let it cool before you store in an air tight container.

That’s a wonderful crispy tea time snack.

Next  time I was lazy to make it in circles and so piped it directly in to the oil. See how that looks.