Muruku, the name has its own sweetness.My daughter is at a stage where snack time is very appealing and not to miss the demands don't become less . Like any other mom, I have to be in continuous search of new recipes and one of those only, lead me to Muruku.
I didn't wanted to buy her the daily chips and snack packs from outside as unsure about the oil & preservatives used . Hence I decided to stock up some freshly home made snacks and Muruku came as an obvious choice.
This is rice flour Muruku or chakli. You can shape it in various forms like rings ( kodubale), Muruku ( chakli), ribbon shaped or maybe purely sev form and trust me it comes out great.
These crispy munchies once cooled can be packed in a air tight container and used for several days
- Rice Flour: 500 gms
- Urad Dal ( roasted and grounded at home ): 2/3 tbsp
- Butter or Ghee: 50 gms
- Cumin Seeds:1/2 tbsp
- Oil: for frying
- Salt: to taste
- Take a large bowl and sift the rice flour & urad dal.
- Add cumin seeds to it along with salt .
- Mix the ingredients.
- Get the butter to room temperature . You can also add ghee instead of butter .
- Mix it well and slowly add water to it .
- Make Sure not too much water . Just enough to get the dough together .
- You can take the chakli mould which come with various shapes and place the dough in the mould .
- Heat oil in a wok and once hot you can add the chakli/ muruku to it .
- You will see a lot of bubbles when you place the Muruku in the oil and when the bubbles start to disappear , they are ready to be removed .
- Drop them over some paper towel. So excess oil is drained out .