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Thenkuzhal
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Thenkuzhal - a crisp, savoury rice flour and urad dal ring, pressed through the murukku press's circular plate.
Rice flour and roasted urad dal dough with jeera, hing and butter, pressed into rings and fried till crisp.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Rice flour
3 cups
Urad dal (powder)
2 1/4 tsp
Salt
to taste
Jeera
to taste
Asafoetida
to taste
Butter
4 spoons
Hot oil
as needed
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Mix the rice flour, urad dal powder, salt, jeera and asafoetida together.
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Add hot oil and mix, then knead into a dough with water.
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Fit the thenkuzhal (circle) 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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