Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chettinad thenkuzhal murukku. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Here is how to do Thenkuzhal murukku chettinad style. There are two methods to do this recipe. One is using the traditional method where rice is soaked, dried and ground to a fine powder.

Chettinad Thenkuzhal Murukku is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Chettinad Thenkuzhal Murukku is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chettinad thenkuzhal murukku using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chettinad Thenkuzhal Murukku:

1. Make ready 2.5 cups Raw Rice
2. Prepare 1 cup Urad dal
3. Prepare 2 teaspoons Salt
4. Make ready 4-5 tablespoons ghee
5. Prepare 1.5 teaspoon Red chilli powder(optional)
6. Prepare 3/4 teaspoon Asafoetida
7. Get as needed Water to mix
8. Get as needed Oil for deep frying

Chettinad style thenkuzhal murukku recipe was in my try list for years. I visited Karaikudi just to enjoy Chettinad special food. We stayed in Chidambara vilas, heritage resort and had a good time exploring places in Karaikudi. Chettinad snacks are very famous especially thenkuzhal, Kai murukku, Cheeppu cheedai, Mavurundai, Managolam etc.

Instructions to make Chettinad Thenkuzhal Murukku:

1. Soak the raw rice in water for one hour. After soaking for an hour, drain the water completely and dry the rice on a cloth for 3-4 hours under fan. When there is only little moisture left, grind the rice in batches to a smooth flour. Sieve the flour and set aside.
2. Dry roast 1 cup urad dal in a pan under low heat till aroma releases. Don’t roast till discolouration. Dal should be white in colour. Cool the roasted dal completely. Grind dal to a smooth powder. Sieve the powder and set aside.
3. In a bowl, take seived rice flour, seived urad dal powder, salt, hing, red chilli powder and ghee. Mix all together to a smooth pliable dough.
4. Take little dough logs and fill the murruku presser.
5. Heat oil in medium flame. Press murukkus directly into the hot oil. Oil bubbles. Take the murukkus out when bubbles vanish. Fry in batches. Crunchy Tenkuzhal murukkus are ready.

There is difference between thenkuzhal and Kai murukku and their mavu, but for the readers sake I have mentioned as thenkuzhal or murukku as same since many know thenkuzhal as murukku only. Firstly mix salt and asafoetida to the thenkuzhal maavu and make a dough adding water little by little. Thenkuzhal Murukku is a popular savory snack usually made for festivals especially for Diwali and Krishna Jayanthi. It's a crispy and tasty snack made using rice flour and urad dal flour. Let's learn how to to make Thenkuzhal recipe with step by step pictures and a detailed video.

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