Thenkuzhal Muruku Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is one of the traditional diwali snacks made from the rice flour and urad dal flour. It is very flavorful and crisp snack.
Thenkuzhal Muruku
Muruku takes a important snacks in your diwali menu. There are so many muruku varieties which you could make..I have a recipe for mullu muruku recipe here in my blog. I am planning to post couple more muruku recipe too. It is pretty simple to make but extremely tasty.
Ingredients for Thenkuzhal Muruku
- Rice Flour - 1 cup
- Urad Dal Flour - 3 tblspn ( Click here for recipe )
- Butter - 2 tbsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ½ tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
If you are planning to give gifts for your friends on diwali. Then give this muruku. They will be happy to receive homemade gifts. It is so versatile and stays good for weeks in a air tight container. So try it and let me know how it turns out.
How to Make Thenkuzhal Muruku
- Take rice flour, urad dal flour in a bowl and mix well.
- Add in butter and use your hands to crumble it.
- Add in salt, jeera, asafoetida and mix well. Add water slowly and knead into a soft dough.
- I line a plate with foil, so it makes easier to remove it out.
- Now take a portion of dough and put it into thenkuzhal press and make muruku out of it.
- Heat oil for frying and take the muruku from the foil and fry the muruku in hot oil.
- Once the shh stops from the oil, remove the muruku and drain in paper towel.
- Serve.
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Thenkuzhal Muruku Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice Flour
- 3 tbsp Urad Dal Flour
- 2 tbsp Butter
- ½ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
Instructions
- Take rice flour, urad dal flour in a bowl and mix well.
- Add in butter and use your hands to crumble it.
- Add in salt, jeera, asafoetida and mix well. Add water slowly and knead into a soft dough.
- I line a plate with foil, so it makes easier to remove it out.
- Now take a portion of dough and put it into thenkuzhal press and make muruku out of it.
- Heat oil for frying and take the muruku from the foil and fry the muruku in hot oil.
- Once the shh stops from the oil, remove the muruku and drain in paper towel.
- Serve.
Notes
2) Fry muruku in hot oil, if you add it to cold oil, then muruku wont cook properly and it will drink more oil.
3) You can add sesame seeds too.
4) Cover the dough with wet cloth as it dries soon.
Thenkuzhal Muruku Recipe Step by Step
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Take all ur ingredients |
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Add in urad dal flour ( Recipe here) |
Rumana Ambrin
crispy and crunchy muruku...
Pari Vasisht
Very well made and well explained. Btw, saw u several times on tata sky. Keep up the good work dear.
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soundariya
Hi
While tryin those mine gt spreaded in oil any reason y ths disastrous happnd
Aarthi
@soundariyaThere is two reason.
1)Your dough has too much fat. Add more rice flour and knead the dough again.
2) The oil which you are frying is not hot enough
soundariya
Thnks aarthi ll try adding rice flour nd chk it again
Indians Abroad
Hi Aarthi,
I made these murukku today and I am successful. I also made poli as per the instructions. With the proportions, I could make 15. Thank you very much for showing this step by step which otherwise I would not have dared doing.
Thanks,
Santhi
Anonymous
Is it a raw rice or boiled one
Anonymous
Can you please send me the measurements in weight
Asha
Hi Aarthi,
Can we use the ready made rice flour available in the shops. Any particular brand you can recommend ??
How do you grind at home if you are making for 1kg ?? My mixie spoilt due to over heating.
Thanks
Asha
Aarthi
yes u can use store bought. for grinding huge amount give it to mill and grind