Thenkuzal murukku (Rice Crackers)

Murukku Maker

Cooking time : 1 hour

Number of serves : 15

Ingredients :

1. Raw rice - 4 cups

2. Urad dal ( black lentil ) - 1 cup

3. Butter - 2 tbsp

4. Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp

5. Asafodita powder - 1/2 tsp

6. Salt - to taste

7. Water - to mix the dough

8. Oil - for deep frying

Method :

1. Soak raw rice in water for about an hour. Drain and dry rice on a cloth under shade. When rice becomes dry, grind it in a mixer to a fine powder. If the rice flour is coarse in texture, sieve once or twice until the final product is a fine powder

2. Place a frying pan on medium flame and add rice flour. Fry lightly so that the flour becomes dry and gets rid of moisture content. Transfer flour into a big plate and cool. Now this flour is ready for making the murukkus.

3. Heat the pan once again, and lightly roast urad dal stirring continuously. When dal becomes slightly brown, transfer into another plate and cool. Then grind it in a mixer grinder and keep aside.

4. In a container, take 4 cups of rice flour and 1 cup of urad dal powder.

5. To this, add butter and mix well with hand so that butter mixes evenly all over the flour.

6. Add cumin seeds, asafodita powder, salt and mix.

7. Heat water in a vessel and just when it starts to give out bubbles, add to the flour and mix with a ladle. The final product should resemble that of chapatti dough.

                                  

8. Place a kadai on medium flame and add oil to fry the murukkus.

                             

9. Take a small portion of the dough and transfer into the murukku maker.

10. Place a plastic sheet on the cooking platform and press the murukku maker slightly rotating the hands to get the round shape.

11. Fry them in oil till the final product is golden brown. Not more than 4 or 5 numbers should be fried at a time.

Note :

It is a very good evening snack for school going children.