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🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Mullu Murukku

🇮🇳 Indian

Mullu means thorn, and the name is honest — this jagged star of rice and gram flour bites back with every crunch. A festival-week staple that stores for a fortnight if you can keep hands off it.

Prep 20 min Cook 20 min Serves 6 Medium

Ingredients

  • Butter2 tbsp, melted
  • Salt1 tsp
  • Urad Dal2 tbsp, roasted and ground
  • Asafoetida1/4 tsp
  • Gram Flour1/4 cup
  • Red Chili Powder1 tsp
  • Peanut Oilfor deep frying
  • Rice Flour2 cups
  • Sesame Seeds1 tbsp

Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine rice flour, gram flour, chili powder, sesame, asafoetida and salt in a wide bowl.

  2. 2

    Rub in melted butter until the mixture holds when squeezed.

  3. 3

    Knead with warm water into a stiff, pliable dough.

  4. 4

    Press thorny stars directly over hot oil or onto a ladle.

  5. 5

    Fry on medium till deep gold and the oil stops bubbling; cool on a rack.

Chef's tip

Press onto an inverted ladle and slide it into the oil — steadier shapes, fewer broken stars.

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