Instant Muruku (Chakli/chakri)

Muruku is a tasty South Indian snack. It is known as Chakli in Marathi and Chakri in Gujarati. I think everyone out there loves this tasty, crispy tea time snack.

Rice flour – 2 cups

Besan – ½ cup

Ajwain seeds – 1/2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Butter – 1 inch cube

Chilli powder – 1 tbsp

Oil – for frying

My tip: I added  3 tbsp of yoghurt to the dough. It gives a mild sour taste to the murku and also a slight golden brown colour.

Preparation:

• Mix all the ingredients, except oil adding little water at a time to make a soft dough.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Take some of this mixture in a Murku press and pipe out the murkus  of desired shape.
• If you want the small circular murkus, like I have here, first pipe out the dough into circular shape on a greased plastic sheet or a cloth and carefully drom them into hot oil
• Fry them till golden brown and place them on a paper towel to drain the excess oil.
• Once cooled, store them in a dry container. It’s a good tea time snack.