Thenkuzhal murukku

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Thenkuzhal murukku

The star shaped metal achu gives us crispy murukku, amma makes variety of murukku for pappa to distribute it in his office and for us too.

Ingredients

Rice flour – 2 cups

Urad dal flour – ½ cup

Coconut oil – 2 tbsp

Sesame seeds – 2 tsp

Salt – to taste

Water – as required

Oil – for frying

Method:

Soak rice for 2 hours, wash it and dry it well in the sun. Finely powder it. Fry urad dal till you get a nice aroma (slight brown) and powder it. I used to powder it separately and then mix both. Add sesame seeds, salt with a little of water. Consistency should be same as for idiyappam/string hopper. Make murukku with the murukku machine using the plate with 3 star shaped holes.

Heat oil and gently squeeze out murukku into the oil. Fry murukku both the sides till golden brown. Serve with hot teas in this rainy season

Note: to check if the oil is hot, just drop a small piece of murukku dough in the oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, then you start squeezing. Better to squeeze on greased banana or cheelanthi leaf.