Murukku Recipe | Instant Chakli Recipe | Tirunelveli Murukku | Diwali Recipes

     Murukku -an irresistible snack made in India.There is no diwali /Deepavali without murukku.Previous year diwali i made  dal chakli an entirely different murukku and totally healthy in terms of the ingredients like ragi murukku.

     Diwali always mean new dress,snack,sweet and crackers.Diwali is sharing the joy with friends and family.Here our family is none other than friends.So i already prepared 3 snacks ,one is thenkuzhal second one is besan murukku and finally south Indian mixture for sharing it with our friends here.

      Murukku is a never fail snack .If there is enough moisture in the dough, you can make circle of them without fail.If there is too much water i the dough, you get a oily product which is not so appetizing.
    Besan murukku comes in such never fail category.Knead it to chapathi dough consistency (little loose) and you end up in an entire box full of chakli.This instant chakli is a little hard ,not as crispy like regular ones.

 Step by step picture recipe for making tirunelveli murukku/Besan chakli:

• Grease room temperature butter with little salt in a large bowl.Add rice flour,besan,chili powder,hing,salt to the bowl.Mix everything well.Add water little by little(1 to 1 1/4 cup) and knead it to a chapathi dough consistency.

• When you rest the dough the murukku will taste nice and have a nice texture.After 15-20 minutes .Take a portion of dough and form a cigar shape.Keep the dough inside murukku press.Press should have 1 or 3 holes.Make spirals until you make the desired rounds.Make more murukku in  plastic cover or plates .It will be easy when one batch is fried ,you can just slide the other batch in.

• Heat oil .When the oil is hot enough (check by adding a little dough) , drop each of them by holding the ends(inside and outside) carefully.This will make sure the murukku doesn't open up in hot oil.Also don't press the chakli while dropping in the oil.It will lose its shape.
• You can drop 4-5 in one batch.This murukku come up/float  very quick .If its crowded then it will not get fried properly.
• Fry till golden brown by turning in between.When they are brown there won't be any oozing sound or oil bubbles.
• Filter in paper towel to remove excess oil.Fry all of the murukku in the same way.After  cooling, store them in airtight container.

• Tirunelveli murukku ready.Enjoy this year diwali with a new snack.

                                                      Tirunelveli murukku Recipe

                           How to make Instant Chakli 

 Cuisine: Indian   Category: Snack Prep time:30 minutes(including rest time)  Cook time:45 minutes  Total Time:1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups besan/kadalai maavu.
• 1 cup rice flour/arisi maavu.
• 2 tbsp butter (at room temperature).
• hing
• 1 1/2 tsp chili powder.milagai thool.
• 1 1/2 tsp salt/uppu.
• water for kneading
• oil for deep frying.

Method:

• Grease room temperature butter with little salt in a large bowl.
• Add rice flour,besan,chili powder,hing,salt to the bowl.
• Mix everything well.
• Add water little by little(1 to 1 1/4 cup) and knead it to a chapathi dough consistency.
• When you rest the dough the murukku will taste nice and have a nice texture.
• After 15-20 minutes .Take a portion of dough and form a cigar shape.
• Keep the dough inside murukku press.Press should have 1 or 3 holes.
• Make spirals until you make the desired rounds.Make more murukku in  plastic cover or plates .It will be easy when one batch is fried you can just slide the other batch in.
• Heat oil .When the oil is hot enough (check by adding a little dough)  drop each of them by holding the ends(inside and outside) carefully.This will make sure the murukku doesn't open up in hot oil.Also don't press the chakli while dropping in the oil.It will lose its shape.
• You can drop 4-5 in one batch.This murukku come up/float on top very quick .If its crowded then it will not get fried properly.
• Fry till golden brown by turning in between.When they are brown there won't be any oozing sound or oil bubbles.
• Filter them in paper towel to remove excess oil.Fry all of the murukku in the same way.After  cooling, store them in airtight container.
• Besan murukku ready.Enjoy this year diwali with this new snack.
• Have a Happy and safe diwali readers and friends!!!!

Tip:

• If you feel that murukku is little hard .Rest it for some more time after kneading .
• Inside of murukku feels hard.Don't make spirals simply press the murukku in hot oil and cut in constant intervals.
• Also because we added chili powder you have to fry this until golden brown.
• Don't press the murukku while dropping also carefully holding the ends drop in oil.These will make the murukku loose its shape.