Name: Nei murukku recipe by Priyadharshini Selvam at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: All Purpose Flour / Maida – 2 cups; Cumin seeds – 1 tsp; Ghee – 4 tbsp; Salt – to taste; Oil – for Deep frying

ABOUT Nei murukku RECIPE

Residing country: Malaysia. Nei murukku otherwise called as ghee murukku is a definite hit during diwali. This will surely remind you of India

Instructions

Take a white clean cloth and put the flour in it and tie it. Steam this in either Idli or pressure cooker for 20 -25 minutes. Take it out and let it cool.
Untie the knot and put the flour in a plate and crumble it. Sieve the flour well without any lumps.
In a vessel mix the flour, cumin seeds, salt and melted ghee and by adding water knead it into dough. Cover the dough with a damp cloth. .
Take a large ball from the dough and with the help of murukku acchu with the star plate in place squeeze the dough into round shapes on a greased plastic sheet or a plantain leaf
Heat the oil in a kadai. When hot reduce the flame to low. Now put the squeezed murukkus by one or two at a time in the oil and fry them till they are done. This must be done over a low flame to maintain the color and the crispiness
The murukus are ready. Store them in an air tight container