MURUKKU

Name: Murukku
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 Cup Urad dal flour; 4 Cup Rice flour; 1½ tbsp Butter; 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tbsp Sesame seeds; Salt

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Murukku

Murukku is a traditional snack recipe, no festival season is complete without making it. Prepared using rice flour and urad dal flour, murukku is a deep fried crispy snack and there are many versions of it, with different lentil flours. Since it can be stored and consumed for weeks, it is packed for long trips or gifting while visiting friends house. It is a healthy and light snack and can be crunched mid day for craving the huger pangs, or an excellent tea time combo. It is also healthy for kids and adults and also be packed for snack time. Since it is easy to make and need only minimal ingredients, this is the snack which you find in the pantry in most of the South Indian household.

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Prep Time 40 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Course Snack

Ingredients

1 Cup Urad dal flour
4 Cup Rice flour
1½ tbsp Butter
1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
1 tbsp Sesame seeds
Salt

Instructions

How To Prepare Urad Dal Flour

Dry roast urad dal on a medium flame in a wide pan.
Roast until you get a good aroma and it starts changing colour. Do not roast till it changes colour or it may result in murukku becoming browner.
Once it cools, grind it smoothly in a blender and store air tight.

How To Prepare Murukku

Sieve 1 cup Urad dal flour and 4 cup rice flour and remove any coarse particles.
Warm up the butter in a low flame till it melts.
Wash 1 tbsp sesame seeds and 1 tbsp cumin seeds in clean water in a sieve. This is done to prevent dry ingredients from bursting in the oil.
In a mixing bowl, combine 1 cup urad dal flour, 4 cup rice flour, sesame and cumin seeds, melted butter and salt.
Mix into a nice soft dough by adding needed water. The dough should be more softer than chapathi dough.
Transfer dough to a presser using murukku sieve and press it to a spatula.
When oil is hot enough, transfer the pressed dough to the oil.
Drop more..
Make sure the flame is on medium for even cooking.
Carefully flip it over.
When its done drain the oil and transfer to tissue paper.
When its cooled, transfer to a air tight container and store. Enjoy as a tea time snack.

Tags: evening snack, murukku, Snack

BLACK CHICKPEA STIR-FRY / SUNDAL

Hi.. This is Sindhu. Welcome to my Blog or to the 'Spoon of Goodness'!

I was an Educationist by profession, an ambitious traveller, crafter by hobby & explorer of foods by passion.

Cooking, is the art or survival skill, experienced by most individuals atleast once in their lifetime. Food & Nutrition was the stream which enlightened me on our traditional Indian foods, where food was medicine for most of our ailments and health discomforts. As seasons aged, the traditions too aged to be faded with time.

Nowadays food is all about status quo and adaptation from various continents. In Millennials era the food platter itself changed, not to mention about the grains, Millets and legumes being replaced with Oats and Quinoa. There are still lots of unexplored areas in our traditional Indian food which we are unknowingly selling to the 'Modern' food. The fact we forgot was how our very own country was so rich with its own traditional wisdom of processing, preserving and the therapeutic properties attached to it.

We all love to explore different food varieties and I being a foodie can relate how my taste buds linger with all the different aroma of foods. No harm in trying out different cuisines and varieties. But let’s also dedicate some time towards our ancient therapeutic food cooking style, thereby maintaining our health towards a healthy lifestyle which can be passed on to our next generations.

This blog is all about healthy foods which can be cooked on a daily basis and which compensates the nutrients value. I have tried to gather all these recipes from my family lineage, the traditional south Indian style and also from my friends and relatives. Let's cook healthy and hold justice to the saying, ‘Food is medicine’!

Cheers,