Twist and Twirl – Kai Murruku
I had never bothered to make it all these years since Mom always couriered it every Janmashtami. Lord Krishna has decided that she will celebrate Janmashtami with Lufthansa 😉 She will be enroute to India! That basically means that I do a trial ahead!
Kai Murukku is an art and to twist and twirl the dough second by second is a skill. I’ve only got the science right since it tasted like my Mom’s. The aroma and taste of this Murukku is essentially from the freshly made rice flour and urad flour!
Makes: 6 medium sized Murukkus
- 1 cup raw rice flour
- 1 tsp urad dhal flour
- 2 tbsp butter
- ¼ tsp Jeera
- ½ tsp hing (asafoetida)
- Salt to taste
- Oil of your choice for frying
- Ice cold water to bind
Preparing the rice flour:
Soak the rice for 40 minutes, strain the water and dry on a towel. Do not over dry, it must be just dry (slight moisture is essential). Powder well in a mixer. Sift to get fine rice flour. This must be used immediately to make the kai murruku.
Preparing the urad flour:
Roast about 2 tbsp urad dhal, color should be light golden. Cool and powder immediately. Sift to get fine powder.
Preparing the murukku dough
Add all the dry ingredients, butter and ice cold water to combine to form the dough. Dough should neither be too thick nor too sticky. It should be malleable.
Twirling the dough
Divide into lemon sized balls. Keep the dough covered to avoid drying, you may also cover with a damp muslin cloth. Now, oil your fingers especially your fingertips. You will realize that kai murukku is a classic example of your motor skills of your fingertips. You probably can use a small bottle cap to get the perfect circle at the center.  I did not use any. Start twirling and twisting the dough around the cap, if you are first timer you may just manage it! It is sort of a challenge to get the right shape and twist across the murukkus. I didn’t care much to the shape since it taste great! I only have unique looking murukkus! In case you have any doubt on the twisting and twirling, just look up video of kai murukku for inspiration J. Make 2 at a time and fry in oil till light golden brown.
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