India

Murukku

Name: Murukku
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20 pieces
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 200 g Rice flour; 50 g Chickpea flour; some of each Cumin & sesame; 1 pinch Asafoetida; 2 tbsp Butter; enough Oil for frying

Crunchy South Indian rice spirals

Murukku is a crunchy South Indian snack of rice and lentil flour pressed into spiral coils.

Especially at Diwali it is fried in large batches and seasoned with cumin.

Servings20 pieces

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Rice flour200 g
Chickpea flour50 g
Cumin & sesamesome of each
Asafoetida1 pinch
Butter2 tbsp
Oil for fryingenough

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Knead the flours with spices, butter and water into a dough.
Fill the dough into a murukku press.
Press spirals onto a spoon or straight into the oil.
Fry golden and crisp.
Drain and let cool.

Make it original

Rice flour and asafoetida are in the Asia Boutique.

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