KADALAI MAAVU MURUKU

KADALAI MAAVU MURUKU

300 gm pure rice flour

100 gm kadalai maavu ( tepung kacang  )

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp ajowan seeds

15 gm white sesame seeds

1 tsp salt

50 gm butter or ghee

560 ml coconut milk

Oil for frying

1.    Sift the rice flour and kadalai maavu into a pan and dry roast till hot. Remove and let to cool.

2.    Into the roasted flour add in the cumin, ajowan and sesame seeds.

3.    Heat the coconut milk and add in the salt and butter and bring it to boil. Pour the hot coconut milk to the flour and mix with a wooden spoon mix well. Let it cool. Knead the dough  to a soft dough. In case if the dough is hard add a little coconut milk and knead.

4.    Put enough dough into a murukku mould and pipe out into spiral starting from the center onto square pieces of greaseproof paper or banana leave.

5.    Once all the dough is used up. Heat the oil in a wok until just hot. Slide in the murukku into hot oil fry over a medium heat until golden brown and crisply. Remove and drain murukku on several layers of papers. Cool and store in an airtight container.