Thenkuzal recipe

Ingredients

Raw rice flour - 2cups  (we use store bought raw rice flour)

1/4 cup roasted urad dal flour (dry roast and finely powder and sieve using a strainer)

1 tsp jeera

1 tsp hing

1 tsp white sesame

salt

chilli powder (optional)

2 tbsp soft butter  (adding more butter will increase the softness)

2 tbsp hot oil (from the oil for frying) : makes the murukku soft.

Method

Mix all the above in ordinary tap water until the butter is nicely incorporated and the dough is soft. The dough should be soft enough that it can be easily pressed out of the murukku maker. Also keep the dough closed as you are making or the dough may slowly dry out.

Note: It is important that the urad dal flour is finely powdered and seived in a fine strainer (tea strainer is good too). If you skip this step and small pieces of urad dal remain in the dough, they can burst in the hot oil.