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This post has been lying in my draft since Diwali and finally posted it today.Murukku is a traditional snack which prepared for festival especially Diwali.There are lot of variants in the murukku recipe and this is my mom's recipe,uses home made rice flour. I used the store bought rice flour and here is the recipe for crunchy and yummy murukku.... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Rice flour 4cups Urad dhal 1cup Roasted gram dhal(pottukadalai) 1/4cup Cumin seeds 1tbs Butter 5tbs Asafoetida 1/4tsp Salt to taste Oil for frying Method                  Dry roast the urad dhal to a nice golden brown color and powder it in the blender and sieve it(used store bought urad flour and roasted it),powder the pottukadali and sieve it. Take a large mixing bowl and mix rice flour,urad flour,roasted gram dhal flour,cumin seeds,salt and butter.Make a smooth  and stiff dough with water. Heat the pan with oil and fill the murukku press with the prepared dough using the round e

This is a spicy,tangy and flavorful kuzhambhu which is my grand mother signature recipe.She used to make this one with the fresh field beans(mochai) and drumstick,used the stone  grinder(ammi) to grind the coconut.Since I don't get the fresh field beans here,made it with chick peas  and goes very well with rice as well as idly,dosa.Now on to the recipe.... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Chick peas/white channa 1cup(cooked) Onion 1no.(medium size) Tomato 2nos.(medium size) Garlic 3 pods Drumstick 1no. Red Chilly powder 11/4tsp Coriander powder 21/2tsp Turmeric powder 1/8tsp Tamarind paste 3/4tsp diluted in 1/4 cup of water Salt to taste Fennel seeds 1/2tsp Cloves/lavangam 3nos. Cinnamon 1 inch piece Star anise 1no. Curry leaves 1sprig Coriander leaves to garnish Oil 1tbs To grind Ingredient Quantity Coconut(grated) 4tbs Fennel seeds 1/2tsp Poppy seeds(kasakasa) 1/2tsp Garlic 1clove Ginger a small piece Method                                    Ch