Rice Murukku Recipe

Directions:

1. Soak the rice in water for 2 hours.
2. Fry the dal in a pan without adding oil till brownish in colour.
3. Make a fine powder out of it.
4. Grind the rice to a fine paste without adding much water.
5. (The rice paste should be thick).
6. In a bowl, add the rice paste, 3 1/2 tsps.
7. Of Urad dal powder, salt and butter and knead well with your hand.
8. In a clean muslin cloth, keep the mixed rice paste and cover well so that it does not dry up.
9. Take a lemon sized ball and roll it into a circle by twisting the rice paste simultaneously in the cloth.
10. About 2-3 concentric circles can be made in a single murukku.
11. Make about 10-12 at a time before deep frying.
12. Heat the oil well in a pan.
13. Add about 5 murukkus at a time and deep fry.
14. The fried murukkus should be golden in colour.
15. Store in airtight containers for about a month.
16. The size of a murukku can go up to 7 concentric circles about 20cm in diameter.