Oats Murukku Recipe / Pottukadalai Murukku Recipe

Finally i finished my diwali recipes. I have packed them and have gifted it to friends as well. Now i am gonna help my mom in making her diwali recipes..In the mean time i am rushing up with my post so i can share all the recipes which i made before diwali..

This is one recipe which i came across when i was browsing through my reader. It impressed me so much and i made it instantly..

This murukku is so easy to make but extremely crunchy. Loved it so much. You can make it whatever shape you like too, using different press.

Hope you will try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 1 to 2 mins per batch

Makes : 20 murukku

Ingredients:

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 1 cup

Oats - 1/4 cup ( I used my 1/2 cup of OATS FLOUR )

Roasted Gram Dal / Pottu Kadalai - 1/4 cup

Chilli Powder - 1 tsp

Sesame Seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - a pinch

Salt to taste

Oil for Deep frying + 2 tsp

Water as needed

Method:

Take oats in a dry pan and roast it. Now take it in a blender along with roasted gram dal and powder it finely. Now pour this in a sieve and sift it. 

Add in rice flour and all the other ingredients except oil and knead it well.

Now heat 2 tsp of oil till smoking and pour this over the dough and mix well.

Now put the dough into your favourite press and make small murukku.

Heat oil for deep frying. Drop murukku in and fry till the shh sound subsides from the oil. Drain it.

Let it cool. Store it in a air tight container.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Take roasted gram dal in a blender

add in some oats flour ( I dry roasted some oats and powdered it)

powder it finely

now pour that into a sifter and sieve it

now it is fine

add in rice flour

some sesame seeds

chilli powder

cumin seeds

salt

asafoetida

mix well

add water slowly and knead it 

i added a spoon of hot oil

knead this to a soft dough

you can use any press, i used star mould

fill the press with dough

press it out

make small murukku

now time to fry

heat oil for deep frying

drop in hot oil and fry 

fry till the shh sound leaves from this

drain it

I made some normal murukku too..

I pressed it directly over hot oil and fried it till crispy

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