Ingredients

• 2 cup - par-boiled rice
• 2 tsp - urad dal powder
• 1/4 tsp - asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp - butter
• Oil for frying

How to Make Puzhungal Arisi Kai Murukku

• Rinse the rice and soak in water for at least 3 hours
• Drain and grind in a mixer without adding water.
• Later add salt dissolved in 2 tsp water and grind into a smooth dough.
• Heat the pan, add 2-3 tsp of urad dal and dry fry till it becomes light brown colour
• Grind the fried urad dal in a mixer to a powder.
• Sieve the dal powder using a strainer to get a fine dal powder.
• Add to the rice dough, 2 tsp of urad dal powder along with asafoetida and cumin seeds
• Now mix thoroughly the dough and add butter and mix well
• Take a clean plastic cover and grease it with oil and place a water bottle lid. Now grease hands with oil and take small quantity of dough and gently rub the palms to make like a thick thread
• Slowly and carefully twist the dough around the bottle lid
• Repeat it for 3-4 rounds around the lid and gently remove the lid from the middle
• Heat oil in the pan, gently take the chaklis in hand or using a spatula and drop it at the side of the pan so that the oil will not spill.
• Remove from oil when crisp and drain on kitchen towel.
• Recipe courtesy: Subbu's Kitchen