Mullu murukku | Mullu thenkuzhal | Chakli recipe with full video and detailed step wise description.
Mullu Murukku | Mullu Thenkuzhal| Chakali| Magizhampoo is a crispy snack that we usually make for Diwali or Janmashtami. My mom and mother in law usually grind the flour in a rice mill and make this Mullu murukku. Usually, I pack that during my yearly visit to Chennai. But I thought to share this post for people living in abroad who don’t have access to rice mills. I have given the measurements of making flour in the rice mill too.
The tips to get perfect crispy murukku is to make the dough soft and crack free. Always use hot oil or softened butter to make the dough. Do not add more quantity than mentioned in the recipe. It will end up giving shapeless murukkus. Always heat the oil and once it becomes hot, bring it to medium flame and make the murukku. The very low flame will absorb more oil and make soggy murukkus. Too much hot oil will make it get cooked very fast and in turn, make it uncooked inside.
If grinding the Mullu murukku flour in Rice mill Grind 3 cups of raw rice along with 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp of roasted chana dal(kadalai paruppu) and 1/2 cup of roasted yellow moong dal. This yields 4 cups of Mullu murukku flour.
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Mullu murukku | Mullu thenkuzhal
Mullu murukku recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Rice flour
- ½ cup Besan | kadalai maavu
- ¼ cup Roasted moong flour
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds
- Salt as needed
- 1 tsp Softened Butter
- 2 tsp Hot Oil
- Oil for deep frying
- Water to make the dough
Instructions
- In a wide bowl add 1.5 cups of rice flour, ½ cup besan, and ¼ cup roasted moong flour.
- Add 1 tsp sesame seeds and salt as needed
- Mix everything evenly
- Add 1 tsp softened butter and 2 tsp hot oil.
- Add water and make a soft dough.
- The dough should be crack free.
- Cover it always, else it will dry.
- Use the star acchu for mullu murukku.
- Take one portion of dough and put inside the murukku press.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Directly squeeze the murukku into the oil.
- Cook on both sides in medium flame.
- Once the sound subsides, take it out from oil.
- Drain on a kitchen towel.
- You can squeeze murukku on a greased ladle and gently drop in oil too.
- Mullu murukku is ready.
Video
Notes
- Mullu murukku stays crisp for 10 days, keep in an airtight container.
- You can grind, roasted moong dal and chana dal in a rice mill, and make murukku.
- Always ensure the dough should be covered.
- Crack free dough gives perfect shape.
- Do not make the dough in big portions, it will change the color of the mullu murukku.
- In a wide bowl add 1.5 cups of rice flour, ½ cup besan and ¼ cup roasted moong flour.
- Add 1 tsp sesame seeds and salt as needed
- Mix everything evenly
- Add 1 tsp softened butter and 2 tsp hot oil.
- Add water and make a soft dough.
- The dough should be crack free.
- Cover it always, else it will dry.
- Use the star acchu for mullu murukku.
- Take one portion of dough and put inside the murukku press.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Directly squeeze the murukku into the oil.
- Cook on both sides in medium flame.
- Once the sound subsides, take it out from oil.
- Drain on a kitchen towel.
- You can squeeze murukku on a greased ladle and gently drop in oil too.
- Mullu murukku is ready. Repeat the same for the rest of the dough.
- Mullu murukku stays crisp for 10 days, keep in an airtight container.
- You can grind, roasted moong dal and chana dal in a rice mill, and make murukku.
- Always ensure the dough should be covered.
- Crack free dough gives perfect shape.
- Do not make the dough in big portions, it will change the color of the mullu murukku.
can we use readymade flour ? after that we can roast the flour together/? does it work.
You can use readymade riceflour and besan, but do you get moongdal flour in stores.if yes you can try just sieve all the flour 2 to 3 times to ensure even mixing
I just love mullu murrukus a lot.Nice explanation.Pics are really tempting and now also having the same for lunch.
Looks so nice and perfect for this festive occasion Jaishree…looks mouthwatering!
Wow!,Homemade crisp Mulu Murukku recipe.Luks crunchy and superbly presented .Thanks for sharing.
Any murukku recipe am in..looks so perfect, crispy and crunchy murukkus out there!
wow!!superduper murukku…they look very very perfect…..perfect for diwali snack!!nice click as usual!
cute and lovely..looks so perfect…
Such tempting pics Jeyashri makes me feel like grabbing one off the screen. Yummm…
Murukku looks crunchy and delicious ..using moong dal is sure new for me ….nice recipe
That looks so yummy! Want to have one of those
Looks tempting, just melt in the mouth,divinely…!
perfect murukku..looks crisp,perfect with a cup of hot tea?
Murukulu looks very crispy and perfectly done !!
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Perfect….
Can I grab one from the screen ???
Wow delicious murukku,sure will try this murukku…Thanks for sharing the recipe jeyashri…
evlo azhaga panni irukeenga..pass it to me!
I love this murukku…looks delicious..u hv done a gr8 job,they came out perfect
too good perfectly made..
Looks perfect
Crispy Murukku…Love to have with Tea
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Murukku looks very crispy and yummmy.
Cheers,
Uma
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Murruku is my all time favourite snack for munching…very tasty & crispy. ..
Romba azhaga iruku!!!! amma too tells me to make flour @ home, i still have that block, it may not come right!!! May be this diwali, i will try to make some!!!!
Crunchy!!
why dont you send it to the event:
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I have posted thenkuzhal and mullu muruku is next if I can get to it by Diwali :). Looks yummy.
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adding chana dal sounds new to me…
I too have packed murukku flour from India, U have done a gr8 job jeya 🙂 need lots of patience while grinding and sieving.
love the color and texture of the murukku dear
Murukku looks prefect and well executed, super tempting..
Never made murukku with moong dal….looks crisp and yum…..
wow!! bookmarked will tryt hsi for sure… yummmyy yuumm!!
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Gr8 job. murukku is white in color. i get it brown ;)Must be crispy and tasty i guess 🙂
Beautifully done! yummy looking murukku and mind-blowing pics too…
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Super murukkus, lovely clicks..congrats on the food gawker feature..
Tempting clicks!!! The murukkus are so perfectly made!! So nicely explained dear..
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pack be a box dear
can we use store bought rice flour and just add roasted powdered dal to it to make the flour? If yes, what will the proportion of arisi maavu be? Love your recipes!!! Thanks for posting
Hi
You Can use store bought rice flour too. 1 cup of raw rice yields 1and 1/4 cup flour approx. No need to roast the flour. But sieve it twice with dal powders to ensure even mixing.
what is the proportion of store bought rice flour to the powdered roasted dals as you have listed above? 1 cup raw rice likely does not equate with 1 cup rice flour. Also, you dont have to roast the rice flour, right? Love your recipes!!! thanks for posting
HI,
WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN USE VANASPATI OR A LADLE OF HOT OIL TO MIX THE FLOURS INSTEAD OF BUTTER?
RAJI.
Yes you can use oil or vanaspathi instead of butter
hi,
few years back i made thenkuzhal. I had put sesame seeds and it burst spreading the oil all over my hands, luckily did not affect my face. the scar is still on my right hand. hence i am scared to use sesame seeds. did you wash the same or just added like that. or the fried one you used.kindly let me know will be helpful.
raji ramakrishnan.
For thenkuzhal generally it never happens, only seedai only splutters, first time hearing this.
But i normally take it out from the fridge(normally i keep sesame seeds in fridge) and just put int he flour and knead the dough.No need to wash or fry.
Anyway will get back to u in this same post after calling my mom reg this burst
Hi Jeyashri
It happened to me also, while doing murukku. My mom said its because, the jeeragam should be crushed with hands and put in flour, otherwise it splutters.
what is softened butter? Is it the butter in room temperature? please clarify.
Yes it is butter at room temparature
THANKS. ADVANCED WISHES FOR A HAPPY DIWALI.
RAJI.
thanks a lot and wish u all the same
Can we add jeeragam, instead of ellu. we di it in then kuzhal.
You can add jeeragam if you want. Generally we don't add, but i have seen some people add
can u mention the raw rice brand…
I don't use any specific brand. I use the sona moasoori rice which i get in Indian stores here
Hi jeyashri di , myself shruthi, from Bangalore… Thank you so much for your recepies… Easy to make and very simple. Thank you I mentioned abt your recepies to my mom.. She loves to make muruku but the thing is she not getting the right consistency it keeps breaking could you please assist me on the same.. She has used the same ingredients as that you have mentioned.. Request u to please help me on the same
the reason may be either the dough will be bit loose or she must have added extra butter. Else the murruku will come out properly. even i made yesterday for janmastami
how to make white color murukku, i prepared the thenkulal murukku the taste is good but i cant get the color i need to make in white color pls help me
The color if ur particular wash and soak the rice for half an hour and drain the water and dry it in a clean cloth inside the house. Grind this either in the mixer or in the flour mill to a very fine powder. This will give you the white colour murruku
can we use gram flour rather than channa dal
You can try for sure
Hello ! When you say chana dal, is it pottukadalai or kadalai paruppu ?
Its kadalai paruppu rama
Thank you 🙂
Sona masuri rice can be used right?
yes can be used
can we add coconut milk instead of water.
Yes sure. Just warm the coconut milk before adding. This will give a good texture to the murukku.
Instead oh moong dal flour can I used Urad dal flour?
The taste will definitely differ. Moong dal gives a very nice aroma. But if you are adding urad dal add 2 tbsp only, else murukku won’t be crispy.