Ulundh thengoyal or murukku is another popular qucik snack made for Janmaashtami.

Yet another easy to fry thengoyal with store bought flours and no processing at home. A boon to busy people who want to surprise their family with quick snacks at a moments notice , using store bought flours, i havent roasted the flours and used them just as they are after sieving them .

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup rice flour

1/4 cup udad dal flour ( store bought or prepared at home by dry roasting udad dal dal, cool and grind to fine powder, sieve it well )

pinch of asafoetida powder,

salt

1/2 tsp cumin seeds or pepper

3 tbsp hot oil or 1 tbsp butter

Method

Prepare a soft dough by mixing dry ingredinets first.

add hot oil mix well adding water little by little .

Heat oil , test the temperature by dropping a small pinch of dough, it must come up sizzling .

Now grease the inside of a murukku press , use the plate meant for thick omapodi and palce a small ball of dough in the press.

squeeze directly in oil or make small rounds of the thengoyal on a cloth and drop into hot oil .

You can also use small ladlle s or spatulas, greas ethe spatulas with oil , press the dough onto the spatula in the requires shape , drop into oil carefully .

remove when they are well done and change colour to light brown .

These thengoyals will become crisp on cooling so dont wait till are very crispy in hot oil , as they will get over fried and too brown on cooling .

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