Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Curd rice, tea, coffee | Type: Easy diwali & pongal snacks or crisps

Ingredients

• Badam[Almond]– 1/4 cup
• Garlic –4 cloves
• Dry red chilli – 2
• Rice flour -1/2 cup
• Gram flour - 1/4 cup
• Red chilli powder- 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds- 1 tbsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Oil for deep frying
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation Method

• Wash & soak almond in warm water for 2 to 3 hours. Then peel off the skin.
• In a mixie jar add, soaked almond, dry red chill & garlic grind to fine paste.
  
• In a bowl add gram flour, rice flour, asafetida, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, salt, & ghee mix well.
• Add ground almond paste mix well.
• Then add water mix well, knead it & make soft dough [It should be soft & non sticky].
• Add 1 tbsp oil over the dough, keep it aside.
• Heat enough oil in a pan, take murukku mould plate then place it in a muruku kuzhal.
• Fill the prepared dough in a muruku kuzhal [one handful] & just press out or squeeze over the ladle & deep fry till crisp on medium hot oil.
• Flip over & fry another side.
• Once it ready or the oil sound disappears then take it out & drain on absorbent paper.
• Leave it for room temperature [Apr. 2 min]. Then store in an airtight container
  

How to make Badam murukku [Almond chakli] Video

How to make Badam murukku-Stepwise pictures

Wash & soak almond for 3 hours

In a mixie jar add, soaked almond, dry red chilli & garlic, grind to smooth paste

Badam paste ready

In a bowl add rice flour, gram flour, turmeric powder & red chilli powder

Add asafoetida

Add salt

Add cumin seeds, oil

Add ghee

Add ground paste

Mix well, add water, knead it, make soft dough

Place one handful dough in murukku kuzhal

Squeeze over the ladle

Drop it in hot oil

Deep fry till crisp

Now its ready, remove it from oil

Almond chakli ready, store in an airtight container, use within 1 week

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