Ari murukku (Rice –Murukku) a popular crispy snack of South India, an unavoidable delight for festivals like Divali, Krishna Jayanthi and Onam etc. Its served some time as a tea-time snack for guests and for friends gatherings. Generally it is made in spiral shape prepared with is a mix of rice floor and urudu-dal powder, but has many variants of it from place to place, with added ingredients.

Ingredients

1. Fine Rice flour:     2cup
2. Urad dal flour ( roasted and ground) :    1/2 cup
3. Butter  :  3 Tbl Sp.
4. Asafoetida  :  1/4 tsp
5. Chilly powder :  1 tsp
6. Turmeric.   :      1/2 tsp
7. Salt and water  :  As needed
8. Oil  :  For deep frying

Method

• Mix flours with melted butter, asfoetida, chilly ,turmeric powder &salt.
•  Mix well and then add water to make a non-sticky dough with no cracks.
• Heat the oil in a kadai, enough to deep fry the murukku.
• Fill the murukku-press with the dough with murukku-hole-plate (star shaped stencil).
•  Grease some square shape aluminum foil or plastic sheet and press the dough in murukku shape.
• Drop them in oil & deep fry in medium flame.
•  Cook both sides until murukku turn golden in color.
•  Cool down completely before storing them in airtight containers.