Thattai muruku

Thattai Murukku

Rice flour - 2 cups
Split Black gram (skin removed) /Urud Dhal/Vellai udaitha ulutham paruppu - 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Asafoetida  - 1/4 tea spoon
Salt - 1 1/4 tea spoon
Unsalted cooking butter - 2 tea spoons
White sesame seeds - 3 tea spoons
Split bengal gram - 3 tea spoons
Curry leaves - 10 (Optional)
Cooking Oil - As required
Water - As required

Procedure:
1. In a wok, dry roast the split black gram till it turns slight golden brown.
2. In a mixer-grinder, powder the roasted gram well.
3. Soak the split bengal gram in water for about 15 minutes and remove it from water after that and keep aside.
4. In a wide vessel, mix the rice flour, powdered gram flour, Red Chilli powder, Asafoetida, Salt, butter, sesame seeds, soaked bengal gram etc.Cut the curry leaves into small pieces and add to the mix(Optional).
5. Add water in small amounts to this mix and knead this well into a soft dough.
6. Split the dough into equal sized pieces and flatten each piece into a thin round spread.
7. For flattening, follow this procedure - In a flat plate/plastic sheet, apply a thin layer of oil , place a piece of dough and flatten it using hand. While removing it, remove along the edges else the dough might stick to the plate.
8. While flattening all the dough pieces, heat oil for frying in a wok.
9. Fry the flattened thattai murukku , 2 at a time, in the hot oil till they turn golden brown.

Crispy Thattai murukku is ready. This can be served as tea time snack.