MUNTHIRI MURUKKU /CASHEW MURUKKU FRITTERS

CASHEW NUTS MURUKKU

This is quite an addictive, crispy snack with a  flavour of butter and cashews, tempting to have more.

INGREDIENTS:

Raw rice flour 250 gms

Whole cashews 30 nos

Red chilly powder one spoon

Sesame seeds White one tablespoon

Cow butter one tablespoon

Sesame oil to fry

Asafoetida a generous pinch

Coarse pepper powder one tablespoon

PROCEDURE:

Soak cashews in water for half an hour.

Blend them with  required water to a fine paste.

In a mixing bowl, gather the raw rice flour and fine paste of cashews together.

Add salt and chilly powder, pepper powder, melted butter and asafoetida.

Knead into a soft and nonsticky dough.

Add sesame white seeds and knead again.

Use the star disc of the murukku mould press.

Grease the murukku press and fill it with the required portion of the dough.

Heat the oil and squeeze the dough into circles through the murukku press in the oil directly.

Allow to fry in the oil till the oil bubbles cease.

Turn the murukku and fry the murukku with golden brown colour evenly.

Remove them and collect in a dry bowl.

Repeat the process until the batches over.

Break the murukku roughly.

Serve the crispy cashew fritters with tea.

Do try it out...