Pottukadalai murukku recipe | Pottukadalai butter murukku | Fried chana dal muruku
 
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Serves: 14
Ingredients
Base ingredients
  • Rice flour - 1 cup
  • Fried gram flour/Pottukadalai - ¼ cup
  • Butter - 1 tbsp
  • Water - ¾ cup
  • oil - To deep fry
For flavor
  • Ajwain/Omam/Carom seeds - ½ tsp
  • Asafoetida/Perungayam - a generous pinch
  • Salt - ½ tsp or as required
Instructions
  1. Take ¼ cup fried chana dal/pottukadalai and pulse it to fine powder in mixie. Take a cup of rice flour in a mixing bowl.
  2. Add powdered pottukadalai to rice flour. If any of these flour is grainy, then sieve using fine sieve plate. Add a generous pinch of asafoetida and ½ tsp ajwain/omam seeds.
  3. Add a tbsp of melted butter and ½ tsp salt or as required. Mix well with hand.
  4. Add ¾ cup water and knead to a non-sticky dough.
  5. Pinch out a portion, make a small log and fill the murukku press with small, circular holes.
  6. In the back of a broad ladle, press in circular motion in the shape of murukku.
  7. Carefully drop it in hot oil. You can drop 4-5 murukku in the same batch as per the width of your pan. Once sizzling reduces slightly, turn to the other side.
  8. Once sizzling completely ceases, take out the murukku driping down the excess oil and place it in a plate dressed with tissue towel. This murukku will not brown.. It will be in golden white color.
Notes
1.If murukku breaks down when you press, then sprinkle more water, knead the dough and try again.
2.Do not add more butter than specified. It might cause the murukku to break when pressing.
3.If you like the flavor of omam, you can use upto 1 tsp.
Recipe by My Healthy Kiddo at https://www.myhealthykiddo.com/pottukadalai-murukku-recipe/