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    Potato Murukku Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    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

    1. Boil potatoes, peel them and take it in a blender, add little water and puree till smooth.
    2. Take rice flour, salt, cumin seeds, asafoetida, butter in a bowl and mix well. Add in potato and mix well.
    3. Slowly add in water and knead to a soft dough.
    4. Heat oil for deep frying.
    5. Now take your idiyappam press, place a thenkuzhal achu in it. Put dough in and make murukku.
    6. Now drop murukku in oil and fry till the bubbles subsides. Drain it.
    7. Cool this and store it in a air tight container.
    8. Serve.
     
     
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

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    • Easy Potato Murukku Recipe | Urulai Kizhangu Murukku Recipe
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    Easy Potato Murukku Recipe | Urulai Kizhangu Murukku Recipe

    Potato Murukku recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is prepared using rice flour and smashed potatoes and it turned out super delicious.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 2 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 12 minutes minutes
    Servings: 20 servings
    Calories: 69kcal

    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.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Potato Murukku Recipe Step by Step

     
    Take boiled peeled potatoes in a blender
    Add little water and make it into a smooth puree
    Now take your ingredients..You can see, this is a very easy one
    Take rice flour in a bowl
    add in cumin seeds...you can add sesame seeds as well
    add in salt
     little asafoetida
     soft butter
    Add in potato puree
    mix well
    now slowly add in water
    make it into a soft dough
    Take your murukku press
    Take your dough
     
     
    fill it in
     
    press to make murukku
    done
    drop it in hot oil
    keep frying
    keep frying till the bubbles subsides
    like this
    drain them
    Cool it and store in a air tight container
    Serve
     
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