Ulundu murukku often known as urad dal murukku is a brilliant gentle and crispy snack ready with cooked urad dal as an alternative of the common flour. Murukku is a well-liked south Indian snack ready at households with numerous strategies. On this weblog publish, let’s have a look at find out how to make ulundu murukku with step-by-step footage and video.
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That is much like my Potato murukku recipe on this website, and pairs nicely with drinks like Masala tea, Filter espresso, and so forth.
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I had a want to do that murukku for a very long time as lots of the blogger friends shared it already. My SIL too instructed it seems actually good. However I attempted just for this Diwali. I couldn’t publish it that point, so final week made these for snacks and shot it for weblog publish too.
🧾 Components
Listed below are the straightforward components wanted which can be simply obtainable in your pantry!
- Urad dal – Ulundu – Major ingredient for flavour on this murukku.
- Rice flour – Idiyappam flour – I exploit idiyappam flour so long as I keep in mind (18+ years now) for crispy outcomes since it’s processed. Refer my substitutions & variations subject for extra concepts.
- Butter – Provides taste, retains the murukku whitish.
- Oil – For deep frying and just a bit for including within the dough for crispy restults.
- Sesame seeds – Provides taste to the murukku. I used white, however you should use black selection too.
- Cumin seeds – Helps with digestion in addition to offers flavour to the murukku.
- Asafoetida – Including plenty of asafoetida is my secret to flavorful murukku!
See recipe card for full listing and precise portions.
🔪 Directions
Let’s have a look at find out how to make Ulundu murukku.
1. Take urad dal (ulundu) in a small stress cooker firstly.
2. Then, stress prepare dinner it with roughly 1 & ½ cups of water.
3. It needs to be cooked delicate, that’s, should you mash together with your fingers it needs to be simply mashed.
4. Then cool it down and place it in a mixie.
5. Grind with water if wanted till it’s clean.
6. Place it in a bowl, after which add rice flour to it.
7. Add all the opposite components – butter, sesame, cumin, oil, asafoetida and salt.
8. Combine nicely firstly after which add water steadily to get a delicate and pliable dough.
9. Don’t make it tight, let or not it’s delicate in order that it’s straightforward to squeeze.
10. Then, add the murukku plate to murukku press.
11. After that, fill it with the ready murukku dough.
12. Maintain the dough lined all the time.
Deep-frying murukku
13. Then grease few ladles with oil and squeeze murukku over it. Maintain the press above in a peak in order that it’s simpler to form the murukku. This manner, you should have management over shaping.
14. Warmth oil and as soon as sizzling, add to the oil gently. You’ll be able to fry few murukku per batch, relying on the quantity of oil.
15. Prepare dinner in medium flame till bubbles and shhh… sound scale back.
16. Then prepare dinner in low flame till the bubbles and sound scale back fully as you see within the picture.
17. Then preserve the flame excessive and drain from oil. Should you take out the murukku whereas flame is low, the oil can be extra within the murukku. Additionally protecting excessive flame ensures, subsequent batch murukku additionally cooks nicely as quickly as you drop.
18. Repeat to complete all of the dough. Ulundu murukku prepared!
Take pleasure in urad dal murukku with tea/ espresso.
💭 Substitutions & Variations
- Butter – as an alternative of including butter, simply add 1 tablespoon of sizzling oil on this recipe, as an alternative of two teaspoon oil. This provides crispy outcomes.
- Rice flour – Like I all the time say, I exploit Baba’s Idiyappam flour (Singapore/ Malaysia) for finest outcomes. You should use any good high quality rice flour or processed flour.
- Cumin – Use ajwain / Omam/ Caraway seeds for a novel flavour. Watch out concerning the quantity you add, because it’s flavour could be overpowering.
- Spicy – add chilli powder or pepper powder whereas making the dough.
⏲️ Gear
I used my murukku press that I received from Kumbakonam Kumbeswarar kovil road. You should use any murukku press. I personally desire skinny gap for this murukku for crispy outcomes (to make any murukku for that motive).
So I used this press. However you should use any murukku press of your alternative. An excellent high quality/ make & mannequin Screw sort murukku press could make squeezing straightforward!
🥡 Storage
Retailer in an air-tight after every thing is totally cooled down. These murukku preserve good upto 2 weeks in room temperature. After that the crispiness is barely decreased. If you’d like longer shelf life, preserve it contained in the fridge.
👩🏻🍳 High tip
- Use good high quality rice flour. Mine is idiyappam flour, which is processed. So it will get cooked quick, most interesting flour, offers clean seems to be.
- If you’re making extra amount than talked about, I counsel to do in two batches as, protecting the dough for very long time can have an effect on the colour and texture of the murukku.
- Proper technique to fry murukku completely: If you drop the murukku in oil, the oil needs to be sizzling (not fuming) after which moreover, scale back the flame and prepare dinner slowly. Whereas taking out, once more increase the warmth as it’s going to assist with texture and subsequent batch of murukku too.
- Maintain the dough lined all the time.
- Use good quantity of water whereas making the dough, don’t make the dough too tight as squeezing will turn out to be tough.
💬 FAQ
Since we’re utilizing boiled urad dal within the dough, it’s fairly frequent that these ulundu murukku provide you with greasy really feel. Aside from that, attempt to use extra rice flour proportion if you would like. Additionally ensure that the oil is sizzling sufficient whereas dropping the murukku in oil and taking out.
Which oil is nice for murukku?
I desire utilizing impartial oil like refined sunflower oil. Canola oil, coconut oil have some taste on it is personal. I desire our coconut oil for flavour however the shelf life is decrease. Peanut oil/ groundnut oil turns bit greasy.
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Recipe card
Ulundu murukku recipe | Urad dal murukku
Ulundu murukku often known as urad dal murukku is a brilliant gentle and crispy snack ready with cooked urad dal as an alternative of the common flour.
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Cup measurements
Components
- ½ cup Urad dal
- 2 cups Rice flour
- 1 teaspoon Butter
- 1 teaspoon Sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- Oil to deep fry
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Directions
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Take urad dal (ulundu) in a small stress cooker firstly.
-
Then, stress prepare dinner it with roughly 1 & ½ cups of water.
-
It needs to be cooked delicate, that's, should you mash together with your fingers it needs to be simply mashed.
-
Then cool it down and place it in a mixie.
-
Grind with water if wanted till it's clean.
-
Place it in a bowl, after which add rice flour to it.
-
Add all the opposite components - butter, sesame, cumin, oil, asafoetida and salt.
-
Combine nicely firstly after which add water steadily to get a delicate and pliable dough.
-
Don't make it tight, let or not it's delicate in order that it's straightforward to squeeze.
-
Then, add the murukku plate to murukku press.
-
After that, fill it with the ready murukku dough.
-
Maintain the dough lined all the time.
Deep-frying murukku
-
Then grease few ladles with oil and squeeze murukku over it. Maintain the press above in a peak in order that it's simpler to form the murukku. This manner, you should have management over shaping.
-
Warmth oil and as soon as sizzling, add to the oil gently. You'll be able to fry few murukku per batch, relying on the quantity of oil.
-
Prepare dinner in medium flame till bubbles and shhh... sound scale back.
-
Then prepare dinner in low flame till the bubbles and sound scale back fully as you see within the picture.
-
Then preserve the flame excessive and drain from oil. Should you take out the murukku whereas flame is low, the oil can be extra within the murukku. Additionally protecting excessive flame ensures, subsequent batch murukku additionally cooks nicely as quickly as you drop.
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Repeat to complete all of the dough. Ulundu murukku prepared!
Video
Notes
If you're making extra amount than talked about, I counsel to do in two batches as, protecting the dough for very long time can have an effect on the colour and texture of the murukku.