Thenkulal Murukku recipe
Thenkulal murukku (chakli) is one of the most liked snack and very easy to make as well. Murukku / Chakli is one of the festive recipe too.
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- Mixing bowl
- Wok for deep frying
Ingredients
- 1 cup Urad dal whole urad dal, skinless
- 2 1/2 cup Rice flour Readymade pack of Idiyappam flour also works well for this
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Sesame seeds
- 2 tsp Butter
- 1 1/4 tsp Salt as required
Instructions
Prepare Urad dal paste
- Wash the urad dal and soak for 20 minutes. Then pressure cook dal with 1 1/2 cup of water for 6 whistles. Grind it to paste, not required add any water while grinding.
Prepare dough
- Take this ground dal paste to a mixing bowl.
- Add rice flour, cumin, sesame seeds, salt and butter. Mix them all together and knead for 5 minutes to bind it. Bring it to chapathi dough consistency.
- Make small rolls with the dough according to your murukku press size at once. It will be easy while frying as you can put each roll in murukku press as it is.
Deep fry murukku / chakli
- Press the murukku to the desired shape and deep fry in medium hot oil.
- Flip and fry both sides. Once cooked, let the oil drain and take out.
Video
Notes
Tip 1- Do not add more water while kneading the dough. The measurement given here is will be perfect for the given quantity. It might vary depending on the rice flour. So, add water little by little (about 1 tbsp at a time) and knead.
Tip 2 - At the end of kneading if you want to add very little water, you can wet your palm and knead with your wet hand. This should give you correct consistency for dough.
Tip 3 - If you feel the dough is breaking while pressing for murukku shape, it could be either due to less water or butter / oil is more. If water is less, wet your palm and knead to adjust the consistency. If butter / oil is more, add 1 or 2 tbsp of rice flour and knead again.
This should give you perfect dough consistency. Tip 4- While pressing the murukku, you can either directly press the murukku shape in hot oil or press it in cloth and then transfer to hot oil. Tip 5 - Use more oil while frying, it will reduce oil absorption.
This should give you perfect dough consistency. Tip 4- While pressing the murukku, you can either directly press the murukku shape in hot oil or press it in cloth and then transfer to hot oil. Tip 5 - Use more oil while frying, it will reduce oil absorption.