Butter Murukku.

Butter murukku is a deep fried crunchy tea time snack and a very easy to make diwali snack.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Butter Murukku / Deepavali Murukku

Ingredients:-

Rice flour.               -3 cup
Urad dal.                 -1/2 cup
Roasted gram dal.   -1/4 cup
Asafoetida.              -1/2 tsp
Black sesame seeds.-3 tsp
Asafoetida.              -1/2 tsp
Boiled hot water. -as required
Salt.                         -to taste
Butter.                     -2 tbsp
Oil.          -for frying murukku

Instructions:-

Heat a pan and dry roast urad dal on low flame till nice aroma comes out. Add roasted gram dal / pottukadala into the pan and roast for a minute on low flame and switch off the flame. Once cooled add the roasted urad dal and roasted gram dal / pottukadala in a mixi jar and grind together to a fine powder. Sieve urad dal roasted gram dal powder mixture.

Method:-

1). In a mixing bowl add rice flour, powdered urad dal roasted gram dal mixture, asafoetida, black sesame seeds, required salt and mix well. Add required boiled hot water little by little into the bowl and mix the flour mixture with a spoon. Then knead the mixture together using your hand to form a firm dough.

2). Fill the murukku dough in a murukku maker.

3). Heat oil in a deep frying kadai. Once the oil is hot press the murukku dough directly into hot oil and deep fry on medium flame till crisp on all sides.

4). Once the murukku becomes crisp and the bubbles in oil stops remove the butter murukku from hot oil using a slotted spoon and transfer to a tissue paper to absorb excess oil. Switch off the flame,

5). Crush the butter murukku in desired length. Once cooled store the crunchy butter murukku in an airtight container. 

   
 

Crunchy Butter Murukku is ready.