Mullu Muruku

Ingredients:

• Rice flour 4 cup
• Payatham paruppu (Moong dal) 1 cup
• Butter 2 tsp
• Salt
• Omam (carom seeds) 1 tsp
• Jeera (Cumin) 1 tsp
• Ellu (Gingelly/Sesame seeds) 1tsp
• Coconut milk – enough to make the dough

Procedure:

1. Prep:
   • Roast the moong dal in pan without oil till it turns light brown.
   • Let the moong dal cool and then grind it into a fine powder
2. Mix the rice flour and the moong dal powder together. Add salt and butter and mix well
3. Add the omam (carom), jeera (cumin), ellu (gingelly/sesame) to the flour and mix well
4. Add the coconut milk to the flour to make dough
5. Squeeze the dough through a muruku press (extruder) to onto a oiled plate and then drop the dough into oil to fry it till its golden brown. Use the star pattern in the muruku press (extruder) so that the muruku has a ridges