Making murukku dough Add 1 cup rice flour, 4 tbsps urad dal flour (or 3 tbsps roasted gram flour), ¾ tsp ajwain, salt, ¾ tsp sesame seeds to a bowl and mix well. Next heat 1 tbsp oil in a small pan and pour it to the flour. Pour water little by little, just enough to make a smooth dough. Do not add too much water at one time.
Arisi murukku is very easy and crunchy snack with just rice flour. With butter, omam (ajwain) cumin, sesame seeds and asafoetida for flavoring. Take rice flour, sesame seeds, cumin, ajwain, asafoetida, salt and melt butter in a mixing bowl. Mix well. Add water little by little and make a soft crack free dough.
Murukku is a South Indian round spiral shaped fried snack made with rice flour, urad dal flour and basic spices like red chilli powder, hing, sesame seeds, salt and ajwain. The name “Murukku” is derived from a Tamil word for twisted. Since the dough is twisted to make round shaped spirals, it is known as Murukku.
If while making the chakri/murukku the dough breaks, then you can add little water and mould the dough again. If the dough comes out without proper shape from the single star shaped hole, it means that the dough is has more water in it. Add little more rice flour and mix.