Ingredients
Rice flour - 2 cups
Urad dal - 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Asaefoetida - a pinch
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Unsalted butter/ Dalda - 3 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - for frying
Method
1. In a heavy bottomed pan, roast the urad dal till it turns light brown in colour. After it cools, grind it into a fine powder.
2. To this add the rice flour, sesame seeds and cumin seeds.
3. Melt the butter/dalda & add it to the above mixture. Mix it well with little water to from a dough.
4. Thee dough should have the right consistency to pass through the murukku presser. If the dough is too thick it wont pass very easily. If it is too thin proper shape wont be formed.
5. With the help of a murukku presser/mould, make the desired shape on a greased plastic sheet. The traditional shape is spiral as shown in the picture. This is optional and murukku can be made without any particular shape too.
6. Remove it gently from the plastic sheet and fry it in a deep pan of heated oil, until they are golden brown in colour.
7. Drain the excess oil using a paper towel. Store in air tight container after it cools down.
