Besan Murukku Recipe | Kadalai Maavu Murukku
Besan murukku is crispy and crunchy snack made with besan and rice flour.
Servings 25 -30
Ingredients
- Besan flour 1 cup
- Rice flour 1 cup
- Butter 2 tbsp
- Hot oil 1 tbsp
- Salt as required
- Ajwain ½ tsp
- Red chilli powder ½ tsp
Instructions
- Sieve besan flour without lumps once.
- Similarly sieve rice flour and keep it ready.
- Take besan and rice flour in a bowl.
- Add red chilli powder, salt and ajwain to it.
- Melt the oil and butter together.
- Mix the flour and add hot oil butter mixture to it.
- Mix it nicely and add water to it.
- Add water little by little and knead to smooth dough.
- Take murukku press and use star or small round holes.
- Grease with oil and load the murukku press with dough.
- Press in circular motion in plate or back of the spoon. I used by idiyappam plate so it is easy to drop in oil.
- Heat oil in kadai
- Fry the shaped murukku in hot oil till crisp and drain them in tissue.
- Cool them completely and store the murukku in air tight container.
Notes
If it is difficult to press the dough, sprinkle few drops of water and knead the dough again.
You can use cumin seeds or sesame seeds instead of ajwain.
Increase the red chilli powder for more spicy murukku.
You can use little pepper powder or grind green chilli and use too.