Kaaram Murruku/Chakli (Savoury)

History:

This is a recipe that I have learned from my mother. I have a lot of fond memories making them with my mom for several occasions. As this recipe doesn't consume a lot of time, I make them as a stress buster.

Cooking Time: 25-30mins

Ingredients:

1. Rice Flour - 400g
2. Fried Gram (pappulu or pottu kadalai) - 3 tablespoon
3. Red Chilly Powder - 2tbsp (can add 3-4tbsp for more spice)
4. Dry Red Chillies - 5Nos
5. Asafoetida - a pinch
6. Cooking Oil/Ghee - 4tbsp (heated)
7. Water
8. Sesame Seeds (nuvvullu or ellu) - 2 tablespoon
9. Cumin Seeds (jeera) - 2 tablespoon
10. Salt - to taste
11. Refined oil for deep frying

Procedure: 

1. Grind the fried gram and red chillies into fine powder in a blender.
2. Add this fried gram-red chillies powder to the rice flour.
3. Add red chilly powder, asafoetida, ghee(or cooking oil), sesame seeds, jeera, salt and mix it with little water.
4. The flour should be thick and not watery. You should be able to make non-sticky balls
5. Heat oil for deep frying.
6. Take a plastic cover and smear oil on it.
7. Take murruku mold (available in Indian stores), add a ball of the flour into the mold with a dab of water and press it to make small-sized murrukus on plastic cover.
8. Carefully drop these small-sized murrukus into hot oil and fry until they turn slightly golden.
9. Take these out and place them on paper towels to drain the excess oil.
10. Tasty and spicy murukkus are ready to eat. Enjoy!

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