Mullu Murukku is a popular South Indian savory snack made from rice flour and flavored with spices like cumin and black sesame seeds. It is shaped like a spiral or coil and deep-fried until crispy. It is commonly enjoyed during festive occasions like Diwali and is often served with tea or coffee. The crunchy texture and flavorful taste make it a favorite snack among people of all ages.
Mullu Murukku
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minutesMullu Murukku is a popular South Indian savory snack made from rice flour and flavored with spices. It is commonly enjoyed during festive occasions like Diwali and is often served with tea or coffee.
Ingredients
Rice flour – 3 cups
Besan flour – 1 cup
Pottu Kadalai Powder – 3 tablespoons
Red Chilli powder – 2 teaspoons
Asafotida powder – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 2 teaspoons or as per taste
Butter or Ghee – 4 teaspoons
Oil for deep frying
Directions
- Sift the rice flour and besan flour into a large mixing bowl.
- Add Pottu Kadalai powder, red chili powder, asafetida, and salt to the sifted flours. Stir the mixture until well combined.
- Incorporate butter or ghee into the flour mixture. Use your hands to mix thoroughly, ensuring even distribution of the fat.
- Gradually add water to the mixture, kneading it until a soft, pliable dough forms.
- Heat oil in a kadai (or wok) over medium heat.
- Fill a Murukku Press fitted with a “single star” plate with a portion of the dough. Squeeze the dough onto a small plate or the back of a flat ladle, creating a circular shape.
- Carefully lower the formed dough into the hot oil. Fry until it reaches a golden-yellow hue, making sure it turns crispy but doesn’t brown.
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Notes
- If you are making in large quantity, then divide the flour into 3 to 4 parts. Then add water little by little in one part of the flour and make a soft dough.
- Once the prepared dough is finished, then take another part of the flour and make dough and proceed as above. This will avoid drying of the dough and also gives uniform colour to all the Murukku.
- You can also press the Murukku directly in the hot oil.
yummy looking crunchies– these are my favourite and they look well done !!
Thank you Priya Sreeram.
picture perfect murukku
Very inviting murukku. I could finish off the plate..
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Thank you Chitra.
Hi, I tried out this murukku and it came out just Awesome. I should say it just melted in my mouth. I added some extra butter. I believe that this is a fool proof recipe & this is gonna be a 'GO' recipe for murukku. Thanks a bunch!
Thank you Raji. I am haapy to note that this recipe turned out good for you.
Hi Uma,
The reason may be the murukkus are not fried properly. If you use the quantities mentioned in the above recipe, you will definitely get crispy murukkus. Or you would have added more butter or more besan. Also you have to fry the murukku in uniform medium flame till it is crisp and golden brown. If you keep the flame in high, then the outer portion get fried soon and inner part will not get cooked and then the murukku will not be crisp.
Hi Mami,
Thanks a lot. Will try the same soon.
Uma Ramachandran
I made mullu muruku as stated, but after some time it was not crispy. I do known where I was wrong.
Hi Pushpa,
May be it is not fried properly. You have to fry the murukku in uniform medium flame till it is crisp and golden brown. If you keep the flame in high, then the outer portion get fried soon and inner part will not get cooked and then the murukku will not be crisp.
Excellent murukku receipe. I tried out yesterday it was yummy and just melting in the mouth. Thanks a lot.
Mayavijay,
Thank you for your feed back. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Diwali.
Hi Kamala,
Tried this receipe today and it came out very well. Thanks for posting such a easy method for preparing murukku.
Hello kamala….
If i have to prepare the rice flour from scratch at home, for making the murukku, how should i do it?…. do i have to soak the rice and then take it to the mill?…. pls explain….i’m planning to make this for krishna jayanthi…
Thx in adv
karthika
Hi Karthika,
Need not soak the rice. Just wash the rice and drain the excess water, spread it in a clean cloth and allow to dry completely. Then send it to the Mill.
Instead of sending it to mill can i powder it in a mixie as i dont have a mill nearby…
For Mullu Murukku, I used only store bought rice flour and besan flour. No need to send anything for Mill for grinding.
Kamala,
Nice to see your web. The rice flour mentioned in all your murukku receipe is normal rice flour we get from the shop or is it washed, dried and milled rice flour.
It is normal store bought rice flour.
Greetings….
Now I am learnig many recipes from your website and also it’s quite helpful to do more Depaavali recipes..
Thank you so.. much:)
Thank you Ramya.
Hi,
We tried this today, it cam out very crispy and tasty. This is the first time we are preparing MURUKKU and it came out so good. We are so happy about this.
Thank U so much madam.
Wishing You and ur family a very happy Depaavali…:)
Hi Mohana,
Thank you for the feedback.
Hi kamala, I tried murukku from your recipes and it came out really well. I have 3 year old daughter, looks like I cannot keep her away from eating murukku’s 🙂 I think your recipes and very practical to try and tasty too. It will be good see few healthy recipes for kids. Thanks Vani
Thank you Vani for your kind feed back.
Hi Kamala, I tried this recipe and it came out very tasty. Thanks Sowmya
Thank you Sowmya for your kind feed back.
Dear Kamala ma,
Your recipe is so awesome, followed ur measurements exactly and it came out wonderful.. It was a big hit in my home and when i gave it to my friends,even there i got appreciated.. You are doing a great job… And what i like the most is even you give measurements for salt also..Or else for a beginner in cooking like me finds the salt measurement difficult.I use to taste it and then add little ,then again taste it..atlast at one stage without knowing i would ‘ve added a large quantity 😀 Thanks again ..And we wish you all the best ..
Hi Janu,
Thank you for your kind words. Nice to hear that this recipe turned out well for you.
Hi kamala, I tried this recipe today for Christmas, it came out very tasty. Thanks to you. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
Thank you for your kind feedback. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018.