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Rice Murukku

Rice Murukku

Murukkus made with Idli rice
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Parboiled rice or idli rice
  • 1/4 cup Black gram Uzhunnuparippu
  • 3/4 cup Bengal gram powder Kadala maavu
  • Red chilly paste/Chilly paste/
  • 2 tsp Green chilly paste Red chilli gives murukku some color
  • 1/2 tsp Asafoetida Kayam
  • 1 tsp Butter room temperature
  • 1 tsp Sesame seeds Ellu
  • Salt As reqd
  • Oil for frying

Instructions
 

  • Soak idli rice for 2 hrs and grind it to a fine paste.
  • :- You must grind it like a butter soft to get idli batter consistency.
  • In a vessel, add the parboiled rice batter, bengal gram flour, black gram flour, sesame seeds, green chillies or red chillies, asafoetida, salt and butter and mix well to a dough consistency.
  • Heat oil in a kadai.
  • Take a small portion from the dough, put in the mould and make small murukkus.
  • Deep fry it in hot oil, till they turn golden brown.
  • :- Fry black gram and grind it to fine powder. Make sure you filter the powder before adding it to the mix. That way you can avoid any pops when you drop the murrukku in hot oil.
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