Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Star Biscuit or Muruku

3 Cups rice flour
1 cup urad daal or moong daal
1 3/4 tea spoon salt
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp asafoetida
1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
oil for frying



Cook urad daal in pressure cooker and when it is cooked blend it into a paste. Keep it aside. Add 3 cups rice flour to this urad daal paste and add salt, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, asafoetida, chilli powder and make it into batter. The batter should be thick enough to make it into balls. Take a muruku container or a cookie press. Put batter into it and squeeze it in hot oil to fry them to golden brown.

Note: Another name for muruku press is chakli press.Muruku container is avaliable in Indian grocery store. Muruku can be made in different shapes available along with the container.  

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