Pressure cook Moong dal for upto 4 whistles and keep it aside
Take a wide bowl and add all the ingredients except oil
Use your fingers and incorporate butter well into the flour. A crumb like texture will be formed
Slowly add water and start kneading the dough. Knead until you get a soft dough like this
Grease oil in Murukku Press. Fill the press 3/4th with the dough and use ‘one star’ plate
Take a Dosa Spatula or any flat plate apply little oil on it
Shape the Murukku. Use your fingertip and slightly join the end of the murukku so that it doesn’t open up when frying
Heat oil in a frying pan.
Slowly drop the Murukku from spatula to hot oil
During the whole process let the oil be heated only in medium. If it becomes too hot when you are shaping it trying to cool down a bit and then start frying Murukkus again.
Repeat the process until you finish off the dough. Also don’t worry too much about the shape if you are running out of time.Controlling temperature in my Induction hob is a pain. So i was shaping the murukku franctically.
It is laborious task but trust me it is all worthy.
Alternatively you can also squeeze the dough directly on to hot oil and prepare it like our regular Butter Murukku Pieces
Perfect Deepavali Savory Murukku is ready to be served
Recipe Notes
Moongdal Murukku | Moongdal Chakli |Diwali snacks was last modified: November 12th, 2020 by