Butter Murukku Recipe

By | Murukkus and Mixtures , Diwali , Janmashtami | 3 of 5 stars based on 12 reviews
Ingredients
Rice flour - 2 cups
Urad dal - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 3 tsp
Sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Hing - 1 pinch
Refined oil as required
Salt to taste

Method
1. In a heavy bottomed pan, fry Urad dal till light brown and let it cool.
2. Grind it into a fine powder.
3. To this add the rice flour & the rest of the ingredients except butter.
4. Melt the butter and add it to the dry ingredients.
5. Mix it well & mould it into a dough.
6. (Make sure it has the right consistency to pass through the murukku pressure).
7. With the help of a murukku presser/mould, fry it in a deep pan of heated oil, until they are golden brown in colour.
8. Drain them in a paper towel to remove excess oil, let them cool.
9. Store in an air tight container.
10. Enjoy crispyand tasty homemade butter murukku.
11. Everyone at your home will love it.

Note:
The murukku presser can be coated with oil on the inside for easy pressing.

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12 Responses to "Butter Murukku"

 
harini Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 22 Oct 2008 1:41:14 AM EDT
it sounds good , i can give better comments once I try it out

 
swathi Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 22 Oct 2008 7:30:46 AM EDT
cant understand what does cumin seeds and hing....
please explain with tamil terms....

 
swathi Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 22 Oct 2008 7:32:47 AM EDT
cant understand the terms like hing and cumin seeds....
please explain with tamil terms

 
Praveen ( Author/Admin)
said this on 23 Oct 2008 4:29:20 AM EDT
Swathi,

Hing is Perungayam in tamil and Asafoetida in English.

Cumin is Seeragam in tamil

 
anand Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 04 Nov 2008 1:07:58 AM EDT
i tried it , it was a super hit in my deepawali this year... i am making it more and selling it here now ... in malaysia.tks for the recipe..it is going to be my secret recipe this year for pot of gold (money)

 
Hema Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 28 Aug 2009 10:58:01 PM EDT
This is what i was always looking for.Siting at home ,I want to make some dry and crunchy, home made snacks for my children when they are back from office. most important is that even in this age (60 +) I can make such tasty snacks.thank u for giving this recipe.easy to make, tasty to eat, good to see - tempting. ,preservable,great tobe served to the guest, and what not!reminding my Mom, -used to make 100s of it -we children use to help her in counting.thanks a lot.

 
vidhya Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 12 Oct 2009 7:52:51 PM EDT
sounds good, let me try it out

 
Anitha Prasad Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 15 Oct 2009 7:58:23 AM EDT
Can i know what would be the no : of servings with these proportions as i am going to try this for the first time !!!

 
Pooja ( Author/Admin)
said this on 15 Oct 2009 8:02:22 AM EDT
Approx 15-16 murukkus can be made.

 
Asha Reddy Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 17 Oct 2009 3:42:57 AM EDT
Very good. Quick and easy to make. Tasty as well. Thank you.

 
Celia Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 23 Dec 2009 11:06:13 PM EDT
I want to know why my murukku is becoming pieces. That particular shape like a murukku is not coming. Otherwise the taste, crispiness and the softness was too good.

 
Ramya Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 01 Nov 2010 5:43:50 PM EDT
Hi
Can I grind the urad dal into paste instead of powder?