Murukku

Ingredients:

• Rice flour - 4 cups
• Urad flour - 1 cup ( Fry 1 cup of urad dal on empty tawa till red, Cool and powder it )
• Jeera - 1 tbsp
• Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
• Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Butter - 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Warm water as required
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Sieve Rice flour and urad flour together
• Add Jeera, Red chilli powder, Sesame seeds and salt, mix well
• Melt the butter & add it to the dry ingredients
• Take a small portion, Mix with water like chapathi dough
• Put some of this dough in the Murukku maker and make small size Murukku on a plastic sheet Deep fry these Murukkus till golden brown
• Cool and store in air tight containers

Note: 1) You can use store buy urad dal flour also but the taste will be different. 2) The murukku maker can be coated with oil on the inside for easy pressing