PORI KADALAI MURRUKKU

Ingredients:

Rice Flour-2cups

Fried Gram/ Porikadalai-1/2cup

Sesame Seeds-4tbs

Salt-to taste

Oil-For Deep Frying

Procedure:

1. Grind fried gram to a fine powder.

2. In a bowl add rice flour, fried gram powder, salt and sesame seeds. Mix well.

3. Heat water. Do not bring it to boil. When it is hot to touch add it little by little to the flour mixture and mix with a spoon until everything comes together.

4. Let it cool down. Knead it into a soft dough.

5. Take a ball of dough into the murukku press.

6. Heat oil. Press out small murukkus on the back of a ladle. Invert the ladle carefully so that the murukku falls into the oil.

7. Fry until the sizzling stops.

8. Drain oil and transfer onto a plate.

9. When they cool down, store in airtight jar.