Cashew Murukku | Munthiri Murukku | Savory Snack

Cashew murukku, aka munthiri murukku, a crispy savory south-Indian snack. A Crispy rice flour and cashew snack made during festivities.

Course Snack

Cuisine Festival Recipes, Indian

Keyword Diwali murukku, Diwali snack, How to make murukku, Mundhiri murukku, quick and easy diwali snack, rice flour murukku

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 15

Total Time 35

Servings Murukku

Calories 241kcal

Soak cashew-nuts in water for 15 minutes. Drain and grind them to a fine paste along with ajwain, using ¼ cup of water.
Take rice flour, salt, hing, white sesame seeds, cumin/jeera seeds in a wide bowl. Whisk well to combine
To this bowl add ghee, followed by ground cashewnut paste. Add another ¼ cup of water along with it and knead a soft, supple dough
Heat a heavy bottom pan with oil for deep-frying the murukku. Use the muruku press, with round holes in the shape of triangle.
Divide the dough into 3 equal portions. Press small muruku on a flat surface, in my case i used my silicon mat, which is easy to remove the muruku.
Once the oil is hot, drop 3 to 4 muruku's at a time and fry until the sizzle ceases. Keep the flame medium. Too high, will make the muruku dark brown and too low will not yield crispy muruku.
So keep the flame in medium, do not crowd the pan, add 3 or 4 at a time, after 30 seconds, try to turn them usign a slotted spoon, let it cook until the sizzle ceases.
Remove it using a slotted spoon and drain it on a paper towel. Once it cools, keep it in an air-tight container and enjoy it with your evening cup of coffee/tea.