Ingredients

• 4 cups - Maida or all purpose flour
• 1 cup - Urad Dal (fried without oil)
• 1 tsp - sesame seeds or cumin seeds
• asafoetida little powder
• 1 tsp - butter
• salt to taste
• oil for frying

How to Make Maida Murukku

• Steam the Maida flour in cooker for 2 whistles or in microwave for 8 minutes without adding water with the flour.
• Mix urad dal powder, steamed maida flour, butter, salt, asafetida powder, sesame seeds and make a dough out of this by adding small quantity of water.
• Keep the dough aside for 20-30 minutes.
• Fill the mullu murruku (Chakli) press with the dough.
• Heat oil in a kadai and when the oil is hot, press the dough onto the oil.
• Cook to a light golden colour or until the hissing sound ceases.
• Remove and drain it on a kitchen paper towel.
• Store it in a dry airtight container.