Rice Murukku

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiled rice
• 4 cups water
• 3/4 cup urad dal
• salt
• 3/4 cup butter
• oil (to deep fry)

Recipe

• 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.