Murukku Recipe | How to make Murukku Recipe | Andhra Murukulu | Jantikalu
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Murukulu or Jantikalu is one of the crispy and delicious recipes made with rice flour and besan flour. Andhra Murukulu is famous festival snacks prepared during Dussehra.
Course:
Snack
Cuisine:
Andhra, South Indian
Servings: 12
Calories: 150 kcal
Ingredients
Measurement: 1 cup=200 ml.
- Rice flour – 4 cups
- Roasted Chana dal/ Putnalu powder – 1 cup
- Besan/ chickpea/ gram flour – 1 cup
- Salt – 1 tbsp.
- Thymol seeds – 1 tbsp.
- Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp.
- Asafetida – a pinch
- Red chili powder – 1 ½ tbsp.
- Butter – 50 gms. unsalted
Instructions
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Roast and make a fine powder of chana dal.
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Sieve rice flour and besan flour and mix with chana dal powder.
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Add sesame seeds, thymol seeds and little asafoetida.
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Sprinkle red chili powder and unsalted butter and mix well.
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Add adequate water and mix all ingredients till you get a soft and pliable dough.
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Take a small lump of dough and put in a Murukku press
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Press dough on a greased polythene paper or a plate.
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Heat oil in a kadai and put Jantikalu once oil reaches optimum hot.
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Deep fry them till they turn golden brown color.
Recipe Notes
- In order to get crispy and colorful Murukku recipe, fry them once till they turn their color slightly and then re-fry them till they get the golden color.
- Before adding Jantikalu to deep fry check oil by adding a small lump of dough, once it starts floating then add the recipe.