Murukku / Jantikalu with Chickpea Flour and Rice Flour - Diwali Snacks

 

Jantikalu / Murukku is a traditional Andhra snack.This is a very popular savory , time pass snack in South India. The special in this recipe is rice flour which makes this very crunchy and tasty. Try it.

Check my Thin Murukku  / Karappoosa recipe.

Ingredients

2 cups Chickpea Flour / Besan flour

1 1/2 cups Rice Flour 

1 1/4 cup Water

1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder

1 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Ajwain

1. In a bowl, add Chickpea flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, salt and ajwain. Mix all these. Add water 1/4 cup at a time and knead it well for 5 mins. to make a soft dough. Keep it aside for 20-30 minutes. Check for salt and chilli powder before deep frying.

2. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan for deep frying. Keep a lemon sized ball of dough in the murukku press / jantikala gottam. Use the disc with small holes (as shown in the pic.). Press it once to check  if the dough is coming out smoothly and long enough to make murukku and then proceed. Otherwise add little more water and try again.

3. Now get the murukku shape by pressing it on a flat spatula in a circular motion and then transfer this to hot oil. You can also directly press it on hot oil but remember to reduce the heat while doing this. You can see oil froth when you are placing murukku. Cook it for 2 minutes on one side and turn over to the side and cook it for a minute or till it turns golden brown. Take them onto an absorbent paper. Repeat the process until the dough is done. Let it cool and store in an air tight container.

4. Tasty , crunchy evening snack for coffee / tea.