Manaparai Murukku Recipe

Manaparai Murukku or Rice Murukku is a popular savoury snack in southern Indian regions, especially Tamil Nadu. The crunchy deep-fried snack is a blend of soft rice flour and flavor-imparting spices like asafoetida, ajwain, and black sesame seeds.

Manaparai murukku is super easy to make and tastes beyond delicious with a hot cup of tea or even on its own. Follow this recipe to fry up a piping hot batch of crunchy murukkus at home!

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Manapparai Murukku

Deep fried rice dough snacks.

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Cook Time

20 minutes

Passive Time

5 minutes

Servings

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Ingredients

• 1 cup Rice flour
• 1 tbsp melted butter
• tsp ¼ajwain
• tsp ½black sesame seeds
• tsp ¼asafoetida
• salt to taste
• oil for frying

Cook Time 20 minutes Passive Time 5 minutes Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 cup Rice flour 1 tbsp melted butter tsp ¼ajwain tsp ½black sesame seeds tsp ¼asafoetida salt to taste oil for frying

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Instructions

1. Take the rice flour in a wide bowl and the add sesame seeds, butter, ajwain and salt. Mix well.
2. Add required water to make a smooth dough. Keep it covered till use.
3. Take the murukku mould and fill it with the dough.
4. Squeeze out the dough in a spiral fashion.
5. Heat oil in a kadai and check its temperature by dropping a pinch of dough.
6. Reduce the flame to low and put 3-4 murukkus.
7. Cook both the sides till the murukku turns golden brown on both sides. Note that if the oil is not hot enough, the murukku will absorb more oil. So adjust the heat and make the murukku in batches.
8. Store in an airtight box after it cools down completely.
9. Serve.

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