Thenkuzhal

Ingredients

• 4 cups raw rice flour
• ½ cup roasted urad dal flour
• 1 tsp red chilli powder or green chilli paste
• Salt as required
• 50 ml hot oil
• 1 lemon
• Oil for deep fry

How To Make

1. Mix both flours together with salt and chilli powder.
2. Pour hot oil, squeeze lemon and blend with fingertips.
3. Mix well and divide the flour into 4 parts.
4. To the first portion sprinkle water and knead to a dough.
5. Grease the murukku press with 3 eyed disc.
6. Fill the dough and squeeze small murukkus on a polythene paper and transfer to hot oil.
7. Deep fry until crisp and golden.
8. Using rest of the flour sprinkle water each time separately and knead.
9. After frying all the murukkus allow to cool thoroughly before storing.