Diwali Snack Recipes - Murukku Recipes - Potato Murukku

Easy Potato Murukku

Ingredients

• Rice Flour - 2 cups
• Boiled Potato - 1 Medium sized
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - As needed
• Butter - 1/4 cup
• Water - As needed
• Oil - For deep frying
• Murukku Maker - 1

Method:

Step 1:

• Take a blender, Add boiled potato, Butter, little water, Grind it as a smooth paste. transfer it to a mixing bowl.
• In the same bowl, Add rice flour, cumin seeds, salt, Asafoetida, required water and knead as soft and smooth dough.

Step 2:

• Grease 2 or 3 ladles or small plate with oil for placing the squeezed out murukku.
• Drop enough dough in a murukku maker with star nozzle or three holes nozzle and squeeze out the dough in a greased plate or ladle.
• Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai, (To check if the oil is hot, drop a piece of dough into the hot oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, the oil is hot enough to fry the murukkus).
• If the oil is too hot, keep the flame in medium, slide the murukku from the ladle into the hot oil gently.
• let it cook for a few seconds, then flip it over to the other side.
• When the murukku is cooked, you will not sees the bubbles in the oil.
• Drain the murukkus in kitchen towels.

Notes

• The dough has to be in a correct consistency,should not be sticky.
• If the murukkus while you press gets broken,that means your dough needs more water,sprinkle more water and mix again.
• You can replace Cumin with sesame seeds or ajwain (Omam)