Potato Murukku recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is prepared using rice flour and smashed potatoes and it turned out super delicious.
Potato Murukku
In our place, diwali means it is murukku. Each year amma makes two types of murukku, mullu murukku and thenkuzhal. These are our staple. But as a food blogger, i like to explore..So each year i make different types of murukku which gave a whopping 11 murukku recipe to choose from..
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Ingredients for Potato Murukku
- Rice Flour - 2 cups (Recipe here)
- Potatoes - 2 medium size
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1.5 tsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ½ tsp
- Soft Butter - 2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- Oil for Deep frying
In addition to those 11 murukku i have made two more murukku as well. This is the first one i tried and i also made ragi murukku..Both of them turned out super delicious..Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
How to Make Potato Murukku
- Boil potatoes, peel them and take it in a blender, add little water and puree till smooth.
- Take rice flour, salt, cumin seeds, asafoetida, butter in a bowl and mix well. Add in potato and mix well.
- Slowly add in water and knead to a soft dough.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Now take your idiyappam press, place a thenkuzhal achu in it. Put dough in and make murukku.
- Now drop murukku in oil and fry till the bubbles subsides. Drain it.
- Cool this and store it in a air tight container.
- Serve.
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Easy Potato Murukku Recipe | Urulai Kizhangu Murukku Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice Flour
- 2 medium Potatoes
- 1.5 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- ½ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
- 2 tbsp Soft Butter
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- Oil for Deep frying
Instructions
- Boil potatoes, peel them and take it in a blender, add little water and puree till smooth.
- Take rice flour, salt, cumin seeds, asafoetida, butter in a bowl and mix well. Add in potato and mix well.
- Slowly add in water and knead to a soft dough.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Now take your idiyappam press, place a thenkuzhal achu in it. Put dough in and make murukku.
- Now drop murukku in oil and fry till the bubbles subsides. Drain it.
- Cool this and store it in a air tight container.
- Serve.
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Potato Murukku Recipe Step by Step
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Take boiled peeled potatoes in a blender |
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Take your dough |
Aarthi Jenifer
Can we add ghee instead of butter