Besan Murukku
Besan Murukku

Murukku or Muruku or Chakli is popular evening snack or a festive special made normally with rice flour. This Besan Murukku version is a good change from usual mullu murkku, butter murukku, then kuzhal murukku, coconut murukku or any other murukku/chakli variety.

Ingredients
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    gram flour 1/2 cup
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    Rice flour 1/2 cup
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    Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
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    Butter 1/2 tbsp.
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    Hot oil 2 tsp

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    Oil for deep frying
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    Salt to taste
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    Asafetida 2 pinches
Method
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    In a wide bowl add rice flour and besan. Add salt, cumin seeds and asafetida.
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    If you want red chili powder you can add now, as per your taste.
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    I used store bought rice flour, you can use homemade rice flour too.
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    Bring the butter to room temperature and add to the flour.
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    Add 2 tsp of hot oil.
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    Mix everything well.
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    Add water little by little to make a soft dough. Ensure the dough is without any cracks.
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    Cover the dough and take one portion of it and put it inside the murukku press.
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    I used the 3 eyed thenkuzhal mould. You can use star too.
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    Heat the oil for deep frying and once it is hot, bring it to medium.
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    Either squeeze the murukku on a butter paper or a greased ladle, or directly squeeze into hot oil.
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    I am used to squeezing directly into hot oil.
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    Do not crowd the pan. Also, this besan murukku puffs up a bit so ensure there is more space for that in the pan. Else it will not cook evenly.
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    Cook on both sides and take out from oil.
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    Drain in a kitchen towel.
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    Repeat this for the rest of the batches.