Ragi Murukku Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is made with ragi flour which is very healthy. It turned out crispy and tastes delicious.
Ragi 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..This one is my recent discovery, it is made with ragi flour so it is healthy as well.
Similar Recipes,
Achu Murukku
Coconut Milk Murukku
Thenkuzhal
Mullu Murukku
Wheat flour murukku
Ingredients for Ragi Murukku
- Ragi Flour / Finger Millet Flour - 1 cup
- Rice Flour - ½ cup (Recipe here)
- Roased Gram Dal / Pori Kadalai - ¼ cup powdered
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi 1 pinch
- Sesame Seeds - 1 tsp
- Butter or Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for Deep frying
- Water as needed
How to Make Ragi Murukku
- Take ragi flour in a dry pan, roast it lightly till raw smell leaves from it. Take it in a bowl.
- Add all the ingredients in a bowl except water. Mix well.
- Slowly add in water and knead to a soft dough.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Put this in a idiyappam press with thenkuzhal achu. Press to form small murukku.
- Drop in hot oil and fry till the shh, sound stops in the oil.
- Drain and allow it to cool down.
- Store it in a air tight container.
- This will stay good for more than 15 days.
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Ragi Murukku Recipe | Healthy Finger Millet Chakli Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Ragi Flour / Finger Millet Flour
- ½ cup Rice Flour
- ¼ cup Roasted Gram Dal / Pori Kadalai powdered
- 1 pinch Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
- 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
- 2 tbsp Butter or Ghee
- Salt to taste
- Oil for Deep frying
- Water as needed
Instructions
- Take ragi flour in a dry pan, roast it lightly till raw smell leaves from it. Take it in a bowl.
- Add all the ingredients in a bowl except water. Mix well.
- Slowly add in water and knead to a soft dough.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Put this in a idiyappam press with thenkuzhal achu. Press to form small murukku.
- Drop in hot oil and fry till the shh, sound stops in the oil.
- Drain and allow it to cool down.
- Store it in a air tight container.
- This will stay good for more than 15 days.
Nutrition
Ragi Murukku Step by Step
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Take all your ingredients |
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Take roasted gram dal in a blender |
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powder finely |
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Take ragi flour in a dry pan |
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roast till nice aroma comes from this,,it will take around 2 to 3 mins |
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remove to a bowl |
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add in rice flour |
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roasted gram dal flour |
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salt goes in |
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add in butter or ghee |
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add in asafoetida |
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sesame seeds |
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mix well |
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now the butter is evenly mixed in |
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add in water slowly |
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make a soft dough |
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fill the dough |
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press to form murukku |
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drop in hot oil |
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fry till the bubbles subsides in oil |
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drain it |
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Cool it and enjoy |
Rich Millet
Ragi is really good food for health, ragi is rich in calcium. RichMillet offers organic ragi. For details visit http://richmillet.com/ragi-flour-sprouted
Gouthamikiran
Tried this..... Tastes good.... But its oily....
Neha
Tried the recipe came out good. Kids loved them . Thank you so much 🙂