Cashew Murukku Recipe | Munthiri Murukku Recipe
Cashew Murukku is a rich and tasty snack made by adding cashew paste into the normal murukku dough. It comes out crisp and crunchy with nice nutty flavor from cashews. The taste is little different from regular murukku because of the mild sweetness and special flavor that cashew gives.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 20 nos whole cashews
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- salt to taste
- oil to deep fry
Instructions
- Measure cashews and soak it in hot water for at least 15mins.
- Transfer to mixer with the water and grind it to a fine paste.
- In a mixing bowl take rice flour, add cashew paste, ghee and required salt. Mix well with your hands.
- Now add water little by little. Gather together to form a smooth non sticky dough.
- Grease the murukku press and use the murukku press(I used the thenkuzhal mould). Now fill the murukku press with dough.
- Heat oil - and press in concentric circles directly in oil. Do not overcrowd.
- Turn and cook till slightly golden. Once the shh sound ceases remove them and drain in tissue paper.
- Break it roughly or you can keep them as whole murukku too.
- Serve Cashew Murukku with tea.
Notes
- Soak cashews well – I always soak cashews in hot water for at least 15 minutes. This makes it easy to grind smooth paste, otherwise the dough may get chunks.
- Make smooth dough – I add water little by little while mixing. It should be soft and non sticky. If it gets watery, sprinkle little rice flour. If it’s hard, sprinkle water.
- Choose mould carefully – I mostly use my thenkuzhal press, but sometimes I try with star mould for different look. Both come out good.
- Fry in right flame – I always keep the flame medium. If oil is too hot, murukku will turn brown fast but stay raw inside. If oil is too low, murukku will drink oil.
- Cover the dough – If I make in big batch, I always keep the dough covered with cloth so it does not dry and crack while pressing.
Nutrition Facts
Cashew Murukku Recipe | Munthiri Murukku Recipe
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 414
Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 19mg6%
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 127mg4%
Carbohydrates 67g22%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 12mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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