Mullu Murukku/ Crispy fried Rice and lentil flour snack

Wishing all my friends and readers of this blog, a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali. May this festival of lights bring all the happiness to you and your loved ones.  

Diwali/Deepavali festival is celebrated all over India with lots of fun and enthusiasm. This year it falls on 26^th of October.  When we are young we had lots of fun as we lit fire crackers, ate lots of sweets and snacks and wore new clothes. Now here in US lighting fire crackers is out of question as it is mostly available only on Independence Day.  But I made some sweets and this savory snack which I like a lot.

I had planned to make it by grinding par boiled rice. May it was not a good idea after all. After putting into the blender, just in seconds the blender stopped working, saying to me that I have worked a lot (after two years of service), so I need a retirement. Then I had to throw the entire rice along with coconut milk which I used. 

In between my hubby came from office and told me to stop everything, and you don’t need to make anything. I told him I am going to make them with rice flour I have in my hand. He took care of photography session; the end result was that I missed some photos.  But he took some videos. He even tried to press the murukku with the mold, which he found difficult to proceed. It turned out to be crispy, and even my princess liked it, and she even tried to get the entire box in which I had kept them. I told him that I got an award when little one loves the snack. So give it a try, and you need only rice flour, fried urad dal (spilt matpe beans), butter, cumin seeds, black sesame seeds and coconut milk and water. Since I used store bought rice flour around 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons of coconut milk and 1 ½ cups of water is required. If you made homemade flour then water amount needed will be less. Make sure that you make very soft dough otherwise your hands will ache while pressing through the mold. Here goes the recipe. 

One year ago:  Chana masala

Print recipe from here

What you need

Rice flour: 2cups

Fried urad dal powder/ Split matpe beans powder: ½ cup ( Home made)

Butter: 1tablespoon

Coconut milk: ½ cup + 2 tablespoon

Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon

Black Sesame seeds: 1 ½ teaspoon

Salt: 1 teaspoon or to taste               

Water: 1 ½ cup
Canola oil :  4 cups

How I made

In medium bowl add rice, fried urad dal powder, ( home made urad dal powder can be made by dry roasting the urad  dal for 2 minutes and then grind into powder ) cumin seeds, black sesame seeds, salt and butter and mix well. To this add water and coconut milk and mix once again to form dough. Knead 1-2 to minutes to form a smooth dough consistency.

 In thick bottomed pan heat oil, once it become 375 F. Using a murukku acchu or presser / cookie presser with star shaped tip, press a small amount of dough  into a greased ladle and make the round shape.  

As one side starts cooking in about 1 ½ minutes flip the other side and also cook for another 1 1/2 minutes. Once they become golden brown, remove them using a slotted spoon.

Cool and store it in an air tight container.

Enjoy with hot tea or coffee.

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Yield: 30 no

Verdict: Crispy, yummy

Will you make it again: Yes I will

There are few  other Deepavali/Diwali  dishes

Sagu Biyyam muruku/ sabudana muruku 

 

Maladdu/ Sweetened roasted chickpea flour balls

   

Omapodi/Sev 

 

Boondi 

Ribbon Pakoda

 

Gulab-jamun

 

Mysore Pak 

 

Thattai: a savory snack 

 

Moong Dal Halwa 

 

Chegodillu/Rice flour rings 

Ukkarai  

 

Rava laddu/ Sweetened semolina balls

 South Indian Mixture

Athirasam

 

Ras Malai/ Rasa Malai/ Indian cottage cheese in Milk syrup

 

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