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How to make Murukku (chakli)

Festivals in India are too many to sit and count. The country is almost always bursting in celebration in different location housing different cultures. People get together, share sweets and gifts and enjoy much fanfare observing some aspect of their heritage/religion. One cannot even come to imagine the bewitching time children have. For them, its more about holidays, cousins/friends getting together and most importantly – the food. For them, the importance of any given festival is decided by the food prepared – the more they like the snacks/sweets prepared for a particular festival, more they like that festival. At least that was how it was for me. I loved festivals like Diwali (crackers, new clothes and abundant savories prepared ) and Krishna Jayanthi ( I loved drawing small feet in the floor of our house and of course seedai’s and Thattais) – and oh Vinayaka Chaturthi for those absolutely heavenly Kozhukattai’s.

How to make Muruku (chakli)

One such savory prepared for Diwali and Krishna Jayanthi in our house by my mom used to be these Murukku. We used to love it to death and it used to get over even before one finished spelling the word Murukku. So much so that we pestered our mom to prepare it even otherwise, which she did in these huge air tight containers. Absolute bliss! I miss sitting around, having my mom prepare those as and when I craved for it. Times have changed – Now I am the one preparing this as and when my family craves for it!!!!! And thus during one such occasion, I prepared these and needless to say – they are over and I am being pestered to make some more…..I miss you mom :( I know what you went through :)

How to make Murukku (chakli)

All said and done – it can be prepared in a jiffy, if like me you don’t have the time and patience to make it the traditional way. The traditional way dictates that you prepare the rice flour from scratch at home. The taste is beyond explanation. But instead of not doing it altogether, instead one can use Rice flour. I have always had the advantage of getting good quality rice flour from the stores and I use the same to make snacks which entail making some from scratch. These still come out extremely crunchy and yummy for me and lasts for at least a week in its crunchy taste ( I don’t know after that since however many I make, they have never lasted more than that!) Lets go to the recipe shall we?

How to make Murukku (chakli)

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    Ingredients

  • 2 cups rice flour (sifted well – also make sure there aren’t any stones/debris etc)
  • 2 tsp. Urad dal flour ( see how to make Urad dal (black gram) flour here )
  • 2 tsp. melted butter (nope – ghee will not do)
  • approx 1/4-1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder
  • salt to taste ( it varies from family to family – apprx. 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp or as per taste)

Method

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

How to make Murukku

Adding water little by little, form a stiff dough.

How to make Murukku

Now there are two ways to go about making these Murukku using the Murukku maker ( yes you need this to makeĀ  murukku ) Among different attachment that you get for this maker – you will find 1 star and 3 stars plates. Lets start with 1 star shall we?

Using 1 Star attachment

How to make Murukku

Take the 1 star attachment and fix it to the maker. Alternatively take a damp clean cloth and lay it on the counter. Or use plastic sheet lightly brushed with oil/butter. Take a small amount of dough and place it inside the maker – the one which has narrow hole in it

How to make Murukku

Now place the other mould which is used to press the dough through the hole on top.

How to make Murukku

Press the dough on the plastic sheet and you will find the dough coming out shaped as per the one star attachment. Slightly rotate the maker round and round until you make a circle.

How to make Murukku

You can make as many spirals as you please.

How to make Murukku

Just remember that you would have to remove it from the plastic to your hands and then drop it into the hot oil.

How to make Murukku

With practice it gets easier to retain the shape of the circle while dropping into the oil.

How to make Murukku

Even if it gets shapeless – don’t worry. It still tastes yummy :) . Start with says 2 spirals, then slowly increase it as your confidence grows.

Using 3 Star attachment

How to make Muruku (chakli)

This is much easier than 1 star – in the sense that you don’t have to worry about maintaining the shape per se. Repeat the same process as mentioned for 1 star

How to make Murukku

- only that you wont get spirals to form a circle. Make sure you just spread it wide on the plastic and drop it in the oil.

How to make Murukku

You can completely skip the plastic/cloth for this attachment and if you are comfortable enough, just press the dough right on top of the oil. Press it until a sufficient amount has dropped into the oil and break off the rest of the dough from dropping – just stop pressing the maker.

How to make Murukku

Now fry them until done – You can make it red, light brown or golden as per preference.

How to make Murukku

Drain them on paper towels.

How to make Murukku (chakli)

Let them cool and store in air tight containers. Crunchy snacks right from heaven :)

How to make Murukku (chakli)

Sending this plate over to EC’s Festive treat Event

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24 Responses to “Murukku ( Chakli )”
  1. Hi,
    I had bookmarked this recipe for sometime now. Finally I tried it today. This isthe first time I am making murukku and it turned out great. Thank you so much for the recipe along with wonderful photos.
    I felt very accomplished today :) thanks again
    Aarthi

    I am glad you liked them Aarthi :) Thanks for letting me know –DK

  2. Hi Chef,
    I tried this recipe for Diwali and it came out really nice and crispy, really easy for a second-timer like me!
    Thanks so much for sharing this recipe…I have added a link to your blog in my post…Hope you dont mind!
    Cheers

    Dear Vinaya, I am glad that you liked the recipe and it was useful. Thanks for your feedback :) And sure, adding a link would be wonderful.

  3. Ambika

    Perfect murukus..Isnt 2tsps of urad dal too litlle for 2 cups of rice flour?I used to make it with more urad dal…. does more urad dal make the murukku harder or softer?

    Hi Ambika, for some reason your comment went into spam, hence the delay in answering your query. Apologise for the same. Well the purpose of adding Urad dal is multiple – for adding softness, for adding color, for taste. It also helps to add a little to the crunchiness! But mostly I think it is what helps the melting of the murukkus in the mouth along with butter. I find that for my tastes 2 tsp is sufficient. It was also what my mother made – you can of course increase the qty a little bit and check out if it suits your palate better since we all have such different tastes. Hope this helps :) – DK

  4. Lavanya

    Hi,
    Thanks a lot for this wonderful receipe.. i just tried it out and it has come out excellent.. thank agains

    Smiles
    Lavanya

  5. Vidhya

    Was searching for a recipe for murukku for diwali and found your site. one of the few sites which has an easy recipe with rice and urad flour instead of the traditional grinding the rice and urad dal. I would have given up had i not found your site. Sure looks easy and yummy. Thanks for this recipe.

    Thanks Vidhya :) I am always trying to see if I can get shortcuts for a long recipe – I am glad this is helping you too :) — DK

  6. mary

    ok…so I was not a huge fan of murukku-but ate it from time to time.However your step by step instructions sparked something in me to try it for the very first time in my life. I have been in the US for 30yrs & decided that this was the year that I would attempt to make classic Indian things that I have never attempted. And guess what-the instructions were perfect, murukku came out perfectly..what a glorious success for me! A couple of my friends said that flavor was on the mild side and that I shld be adding more asatefetida etc. However for me this was perfect. My family enjoyed it as well..and I have made this more than once now.
    Thks for your superb recipe-one can always add to this basic recipe..it was truly very easy and fun to eat..

    Hi Mary, thanks for your kind feedback. Yes, you can increase other flavoring of your choice – we all have so many myriad taste preferences and this recipe can be easily made to accommodate those. I am glad it worked perfect for you and I appreciate you taking time to let me know the same. :) –DK

  7. Lavanya

    hi chef,
    thank youuu very much for the recipe,the murruku turned out great.i made this for diwali.i made the ribbon murruku from ur site too fro diwali.ur recipes are simply perfect,i follow it blindfolded and get the perfect dish out of it.i tried making rava laddoo from another site (aayis recipe),the recipe was to cook rava for couple of min in water and then make balls.i even used less amount of water ,but all that came in the end was a sugary mess more like rava kesari.i was very disappointed.i had to add more roasted rava ,sugar and i cant taste it as i was making it for diwali,it took about 3 hrs for such a simple dish like rava laddoo.
    I should hav tried ur recipe which was so simple and easy.Anyways i hav learnt a lesson,not to try recipes from unknown sites atleast for such special occasions.keep on ur good work,u can hardly imagine how new cooks like me are benefited by ur site.
    thanks

    Dear Lavanya, I am glad to hear that Murukkus came out very well for you :) Thanks for your words of appreciation and feedback. Hopefully I live up to them always :) Happy Diwali :) —DK

  8. Interesting. I have never seen them before, they look really cool.

  9. Ok pass on to me your Residential Address, and you dare not finish these before my arrival…lol
    I truly miss home made chaklis..I remember mom washing, rinsing and sun drying rice to make the dough, the neighboring aunts would help each other to make dough and for frying.We simply lacked the patience watching chaklis being fried at low temp….It use to feel like waiting till eternity to get the first fried batch of chaklis.And Mom would heave a sigh of relief as soon as the first batch was out, since we use to disappear from kitchen rushing outside home,to share freshly made, crispy chaklis with friends in neighborhood.Nowadays its just a trip to Mall that can fetch u chaklis of hundred flavors, but I wonder why eating the store brought stuff do not give me that satisfaction.Is it the nostalgic memories that make the food of past more satisfying, is it magic of love, that dear mothers sprinkle in food when they slog for hours in kitchen just to see the family munching on such foods, even if it do not bring a “Thank you” in response.Just what it is that makes home made food special?Will our kids feel same about us in future , the way we feel about our parents ?

    Well Off with my blahs blahs, The pictures are to die for..seriously !

    About the kids stuff – I wonder about that too! I actually don’t know what they will think like the way I thought about my mom! My mom actually made lots of home made stuff unlike me ;) LOL As for coming to my place – you are more than welcome! I have like 2 leftover for you and its been eyed closely – any time someone is going to say “Hey Look there” and while everyone’s looking, they are going take it and eat..hehehe But I promise to save it for you provided you bring those yummiest looking Pav Bhaji’s for me :) :)

  10. Hi, I am new, But i have to say I am so happy to find a blog that features baking without eggs, HAve been trying to find good , tried and tested recipes without eggs. THanks a bunch

    Thanks for your sweet comment. I am glad you like what you see :)

  11. Impressive!I can never make these!I tried once but I made such a mess of the kitchen…!

  12. awesome girl..i love these!

  13. Prefect murrukus, looks simply superb.

  14. Wow , perfect ..Love the shape of single star attachment :)

  15. So perfect! I usually add some minced ginger and green chillies as well, gives a wonderful kick!

  16. These look so crispy and tempting..thanks for participating

  17. Perfect… Lovely step-by-step pics as always.

  18. Looking so perfect… My all time favourite…

  19. Thats sooooooo yummyy!! Chakli is my fav snack. I miss my mom’s chakli seeing yours.

  20. Crunchy & absolutely delicious. Pics are toooo tempting DK.

  21. Hi Divi,I totally agree with you-The taste is heavenly!!Right now i a trying to pull one of these through the screen hihihi..Reminds me of mom too..wish I had got he murukku maker..

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