Thenkuzhal

This snack is made during festivals and special occasions like Diwali. This can be stored for weeks without refrigeration.

Thenkuzhal

Recipe by S Kamala
Course: SnacksCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Medium
Servings

25

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes

This snack is made during festivals and special occasions like Diwali. This can be stored for weeks without refrigeration.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups raw rice

  • 1 cup urad dal

  • 5 tbsp butter

  • 1/4 tsp asafoetida powder

  • 2 tsp cumin seeds

  • 2 tsp salt – to taste

  • oil for deep frying

Directions

  • Wash rice and spread it on a clean cloth and dry in the shade.
  • In a dry kadai add the urad dhal and fry slightly. Cool it. Mix both rice and dhal and send it to Mill for grinding it to a fine powder. (See notes below, for alternate steps)
  • Sieve the flour. Add cumin seeds, asafetida powder, salt and butter to the flour and mix by hand thoroughly.
  • Now add water little by little and make a dough.
  • Take small quantity of dough and put it in the Thenkuzhal Press (Murukku Atchu) with three small holes and press it in small circular motion directly to the hot oil.
  • Fry till it becomes crispy and nice golden yellow. But ensure not to brown.
  • Take out from oil and store it in a airtight container.

Notes

  • If you cannot find a Mill near to your place, you can use rice flour and urad dhal flour in the ratio 4:1/2. In that case, fry the urad dhal in a dry kadai and powder it in a mixie. Sieve it and add it to the rice flour.
  • You can also add a handful of chutney dhal powdered finely.

8 Comments

  1. Alamelu Ganapathy

    I Have tried your ragi murukku. It’s excellent ,tasty and crispy. You have given appropriate measurements. My mother liked it very much. Thx

  2. Tried thenkuzhal & thattai came out very well. Doing it for first time. Thanks for the receipe

  3. Need some veg recpies can you please send it to me now (andhara style)

  4. Need some veg recpies can you please send it to me now

  5. Buvaneswari kannan

    I tried today… It came very crispy and tasty.

  6. How long to soak the rice

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