THENKUZHAL MURUKU

THENKUZHAL MURUKU

300 gm pure rice flour

100 gm ulutham maavu *

 1 tsp cumin,slightly pounded

 11/4 tsp salt,or to taste

 1 tsp ajowan seeds

 1 tbsp white sesame seeds

30 gm ghee

560 ml coconut milk

Oil for deep frying

1.    Dry roast the rice flour and ulutham flour till it becomes hot remove from the heat and let it cool.

2.    Add the cumin,sesame,salt,ajowan and the ghee to the roasted flours. Bring the coconut milk to a boil. when it is boiling pour little by little to the flour and mix well with a wooden spoon till well and became firm dough.

3.    Let it cool then knead it. It must not stick to your hand. Heat the oil and put the dough into a muruku press with the 3 hole plate. pipe out the dough on to a piece of piece of baking paper.

4.    Slide muruku into the heated oil and deep fry till golden brown.

5.    Remove with a perforated ladle and drain on absorbent kitchen paper. Cool and store in a tin

Note: the coconut milk must be very hot when your pour into the flour.

*tepung kacang hitam