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Mutha-Saram
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Muthasaram - a crisp fried snack pressed into a star shape using the murukku press's star plate.
Rice flour, besan and roasted moong dal dough with butter and chilli powder, pressed through the star plate and fried till crisp.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Rice flour
3 cups
Besan
3/4 tsp
Moong dal powder
1/4 tsp
Butter
4 spoons
Chilly powder
1 spoon
Salt
to taste
Oil (for dough and frying)
as needed
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Mix the rice flour, besan, moong dal powder, chilly powder, salt and butter.
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Add hot oil and mix, then knead into a dough with water.
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Fit the muthusaram (star-shaped) plate onto the murukku press and press the dough directly into hot oil.
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Fry until golden and crisp.
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THE DIFFICULTY OF SQUEEZING MAAVU INTO HOT OIL, WITH STEAM BURNING YOUR HANDS, WITH THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE BEING WASTING THE DOUGH STUCK IN THE KUZHAL- MY VERSION OF A CORE MEMORY. THIS GENRE OF FOOD ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF OUR DIWALI PREP DAYS, AND HOW WE GOT TO SPEND MULTIPLE HOURS TOGETHER STEALING BITES OF EVERY SINGLE THING WE FRIED (FOR QUALITY CONTROL PURPOSES).
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