Ulundu murukku recipe
Crispy urad dal murukku, easy Diwali snacks recipe
Servings: 18 murukkus
Ingredients
- 1 and ¼ cup Rice flour
- ¼ cup Urad dal
- 2 tsp Butter
- Salt as needed
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds | jeera
- 1 tsp White sesame seeds
- Oil for deep frying
- 2 pinches Asafoetida
Instructions
- Pressure cook 1/4 cup of urad dal in 3/4 cup of water till 4-5 whistles.
- Once done, take out and drain excess water. Let's use the water for making the dough.
- Cool completely and grind this into a fine paste.
- In a bowl add the rice flour, i used idiyappam flour.
- Add the ground urad dal paste to this.
- Add salt, melted butter and asafoetida.
- Slightly crush the cumin seeds in a mortar pestle and add it to the bowl.
- Mix well
- Sprinkle water and make this into a smooth dough.
- Keep this covered.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- I used thenkuzhal achu, you can use star achu too.
- Squeeze directly into oil or squeeze on greased ladle and gently shift to the oil.
- Fry on medium flame, cook on both sides.
- Drain excess oil in a kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
Notes
1. You can soak the urad dal for 10 minutes before cooking.
2. Urad dal murukku stays crisp for 10 days in an airtight container.
