Thenkuzhal murukku | Easy rice & urad dal flour chakli-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: TamilNadu, south India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Curd rice, tea, coffee | Type: Easy diwali snacks or crisps

Ingredients

• Rice flour [Arisi maavu, chawal ka atta ]– 1 cup
• Urad dal – ¼ cup or urad dal flour [Ulundu maavu] – ¼ cup
• Roasted gram [pottukadalai, porikadalai] – 3 tbsp [Optional]
• Peppercorns - 4 [optional]
• White sesame seeds [Ellu] – 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds [jeera] – 1 tbsp
• Butter – 1 tbsp
• Oil for deep frying
• Salt to taste
• Hot or Warm Water as needed

Preparation Method

• Dry roast urad dal & let it cool & finely grind then sieve it to avoid lumps.
• In a mixer jar add roasted gram & peppercorns grind to smooth powder.
• In a bowl add rice flour, urad dal flour, pottu kadalai podi/ powder, sesame seeds, cumin seeds, salt & butter mix well
• Then add warm water mix well, knead it & make soft dough [It should be soft & non sticky].
• Pour ¼ tsp of oil cover it & 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 laddle & 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 Thenkuzhal Murukku / Ulundu murukku-Step by step photos

Dry roast urad dal till you get nice aroma then let it cool

Put it in a mixer jar & finely grind

Urad dal flour [after grinding] then sieve it to avoid lumps

Take a bowl add rice flour, roasted gram flour, butter, cumin seeds, asafetida & salt mix well.

Add urad dal flour, warm water mix well, knead it & make soft dough

Dough is ready, add oil & knead it again

Take murukku kuzhal, fit the murukku mold

Place handful of dough

Gently squeeze

Squeeze and shape on the ladle

Heat oil in a pan put thenkuzhal murukku & deep fry till crisp.

Flip over deep fry both side

Once its ready or oil sound disappears then take it out drain on absorbent paper.

Crispy thenkuzhal murukku / chaklis are ready, store in an airtight container

Arisi maavu ulundu thenkuzhal muruku