Murukku(Moong dal) | Murukulu | Chakli

WE NEED:

• Rice flour- 3 cups
• Moong dal- 1/2 cup
• Cumin- hand ful
• Hing- 1 tsp
• Sesame seeds- 2 Tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil to deep fry
• Red chili powder- 1 Tbsp

PROCEDURE:

• Soak moong dal for 20 minutes, mean while dry roast the flour if its store bought for 2 to 3 minutes let it cool.
• Pressure cook dal with hing for 2 whistles(or 6 minutes in instant pot).
• Once the dal cools down, add in the cumin, red chili powder, salt to taste, toasted sesame seeds and rice flour. Add in water little by little and mix the dough like chapati dough.
• Let it sit for 10 minutes.
• Make murukku with the help of murukku maker, by apply oil to hands and murukku maker as well, take the dough and put it in murukku maker, if the dough dries out add in little oil to it. Cover the dough always with wet cloth.
• Heat oil and drop the murukku directly into the oil.

Enjoy the delicious murukku while hot or at room temperature. You can store this for a month in air tight containers.