Ingredients:

• 1 cup – plain flour
• 1 cup – Rice flour
• 1/2 cup – roasted Chickpea (dalia or phutana) flour
• 1 tbsp – sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp – oil
• 2 – green chillies, ground
• 1/4 tsp – soda bicarb
• To taste – salt
• To deep fry – oil

Method:

1. Sieve plain flour and rice flour together, with soda bicarb.
2. Tie in a big muslin cloth.
3. Place in a steel vessel and cover with a tight lid.
4. Place in a pressure cooker and steam (4 whistles).
5. Remove and sieve again.
6. Mix all the other ingredients, except oil, to deep fry.
7. Make a medium-soft dough.
8. Use a murukku press and press out circles.
9. Use 4 inch plantain leaf squares or a small plate.
10. Take care to grease the plate or leaf.
11. Carefully invert murukku into hot oil.
12. Deep fry, on low medium flame, till golden.
13. Drain and cool. Store in a tight-lid container.
14. Fry a few murukkus at a time.

Recipe courtesy of Saroj Kering