Butter murukku recipe | Chakli recipe | How to prepare benne chakli
Butter murukku recipe | Chakli recipe | How to prepare benne chakli detailed step by step photos. Butter murukku deep fried snacks mainly made for festivals such as Diwali, Janmashtami / Krishna jayanthi and Vinayagar chathurthi. Its also known as benna chalki / murukku. My mom makes wonderful snacks and sweets for festivals, she never buys from outside. And also she prepares in large quantities. I learned this recipe from my mom, this recipe is very easy and requires few ingredients.- Firstly add the roasted chana dal in a blender and make it fine powder- In a large mixing bowl Take rice flour and add besan/ kadalai maavu- Now add potukadalai / roasted gram dal powder ( seive ti)- Now add Jeera/cumin, salt and hing I added a 1/2 tsp chili powder but that is optional- Further add butter and rub it with flour mix well- Now slowly add water and start kneading- Now knead it to smooth and soft dough, if dough is tight then murukku will turn hard- Now choose any star nozzel and fill the dough in the murukku press- Now directly press the murukku in hot oil in medium flame- Flip the murukku / chaklis and fry them till the they turn golden brown- Store the murukku/ chakli in airtight container
Equipment
- Murukku press / chakli press
Ingredients
- 2 cup Rice flour
- 1/4 cup Roasted chana dal / potukadalai
- 1/4 cup Besan/ kadalai maavu
- 3-4 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Jeera
- Hing / asafeotida
- Salt for taste
- Water
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Firstly add the roasted chana dal in a blender and make it fine powder
- In a large mixing bowl Take rice flour and add besan/ kadalai maavu
- Now add potukadalai / roasted gram dal powder ( seive ti)
- Now add Jeera/cumin, salt and hing I added a 1/2 tsp chili powder but that is optional
- Further add butter and rub it with flour mix well
- Now slowly add water and start kneading
- Now knead it to smooth and soft dough, if dough is tight then murukku will turn hard
- Now choose any star nozzel and fill the dough in the murukku press
- Now directly press the murukku in hot oil in medium flame
- Flip the murukku / chaklis and fry them till the they turn golden brown
- Store the murukku/ chakli in airtight container
Notes
Seive the potukadalai maavu / gram dal flour well
Dough should be soft and smoothÂ
You can also add ajwain instead of jeera
Chili powder is completely optional