Pottukadalai Murukku
Easy pottukadalai muruku for festivals or for tea time. Festivals such as Krishna Jayanthi / Gokulaashtami is not complete without some crunchy snacks and potukadali murukku is one such easy to prepare snack by beginners also check out my blog for more such festival recipes check easy to cook recipes and mix ideas check out my blog and fb pages ., instagram and pinterest .
Method
Firstly grind the pottukadalai /fried gram to a fine powder , sieve it once or twice to get super fine powder .
Next mix all dry ingredients well, then add the hot oil, and little water at a time to make a soft dough .
Grease the inner sides of a murukku press, place the three holes plate or four holes polate inside the press, make small balls of the dough , fill the press.
Heat oil , press the murukku into hot oil directly or by shaping into small rounds on greased ladles or a plastic sheet .
Deep fry till golden brown and almost crispy, they will become more crispy after remocing and cooling .
drain into a colander.
store when completely cooled .
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