Maida Butter Murukku

Maida Butter Murukku

Happy Diwali to all my friends and readers! 

Murukku is the perfect tea time snack, crunchy and savory. Murukku is often made for Diwali.In my house murukku is everyone's  favorite. This recipe is shared by my aunt Suma. It was my late grandmother's recipe. The best part of this recipe is that it is easy and can be made in a jiffy. It is made with maida and butter. With this recipe you can make 15-18 murukku. If you want a larger batch you can use half kg flour and 50 grams of butter. This is a crunchy and delicious murukku. Try this,you will surely love it.

Recipe source : My aunt Suma Padmanabhan

Ingredients
Maida/All purpose flour- 2 cups
Butter- 2 1/2 tbs
salt to taste
Sesame seeds- 1 tbs
Carom seeds/Aijwan- 1/8 tsp
Oil for frying

The first step is to steam the maida/all purpose flour. Place the flour in a thin cloth, tie into a small pouch and steam in a steamer/idli cooker for 5-7 minutes. Transfer this into a bowl and allow it to cool down.
When cool break the flour into small pieces with a spoon and sieve the flour to remove any lumps.
Into this add salt and room temperature butter. With a pasty blender or with your fingers rub it into the flour until the flour resembles course sand like mixture. (Do not add too much butter or it will crumble and will not retain shape when frying). Add sesame seeds and carom seeds and mix. Add water little at a time to make a smooth stiff  dough. Cover with a damp cloth and allow it to rest for 10 minutes.

Heat 2-3 cups of oil in a pan. Grease the inside of the murukku press. You can use the plain or star holed plate /mullu acchu. Fill the murukku press with the dough and press in circular motion into the oil or back of greased ladle. Drop carefully into the oil and fry in medium flame till it is slight golden. Drain into paper towels and allow it to cool. Fry murukku in batches.

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Try this,
Hope you will all enjoy!

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When I'm grilling (lemon pepper) salmon for dinner, this has been my go to salad.  While salmon is grilling, I whip up this salad and dinner can be on the table in 15 minutes.  To top it off, it's healthy!

I've made this salad several times with different tomatoes I've gotten at the farmers market.  The fresh garden tomatoes are what makes this salad so good.  Tomato season is at it's end but when grocery store tomatoes will have to do, it's still a great healthy side salad.

I've only made this for my husband and I so I haven't followed the full recipe.  I just cut up enough ingredients for the two of us then drizzled with olive oil, squeeze of lemon juice, and sprinkled with some salt and pepper.  It's that easy!

 Ingredients:  
cucumber, avocado, tomato, red onion cilantro, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper


Go here for the full recipe:  Natasha's Kitchen