Kai Murukku

Ingredients

1.Raw Rice-2 cups

2.Butter-2 tbsp

3.Cumin seeds-1 tsp

4.salt-1 tsp

5.urad dal-0.25 cup

6.water-less than 0.5 cup

7.oil-for frying

Method

1.Soak the raw rice in adequate water for 4 to 6 hours.

2.Drain the water from raw rice after 4 to 6 hours.Then in a thin muslin cloth  spread the raw rice so that raw rice should become dry.(It approximately takes 1 to 2 hours).

3.Then grind the raw rice completely so that there should not be any lumps.

4.In a dry pan add the grinded rice flour and stir it well for a minute.

5.Using filter just filter all the lumps or coarse particles.

6.In a dry pan add urad dal and stir it for a minute.

7.Grind the urad dal into a fine mixture.

8.In a dry bowl add 2 cups of grinded and filtered  rice flour,1 tsp of grinded urad dal,butter,cumin seeds,salt,water and prepare a dough(add water slowly dont add too much of water).The batter should be slightly thinner than a chappathi dough.

9.Then in a sheet spin the murukku as described below.

10.In a dry pan add oil and allow it to get heated.

11.Then add murukku to the oil and wait until it is fried and cooked completely.

12.Kai Murukku is ready for Nyveidhiyam.

Kai Murukku is usually done as Nyveidhiyam for krishna jayanthi.