For this month’s Daring Cook’s Challenge Renata of Testado, Provado & Aprovado! has challenged the daring cooks to come up with savory edible containers. I wanted to prepare a regional dish this time. Before 10 years, my student has told me about this kai murukku kinnam. I have been practicing kai murukku for a long time. So when the challenge was announced, I thought of preparing this murukku kinnam.
This post may be a long post, but please bear with me. The first step is to give you all the recipe of kai murukku and then spiraling out the murukku. I am also including the recipe of Nei Kadalai in this post.
I have also added an you tube video explaining the process of preparing kai murukku.
It is a mix of snaps and a small video shot by my hubby. I am going to upload videos to Youtube. I request all my readers to subscribe to my channel. I will not disappoint you. I am planning to do some videos on South Indian Delicacies, for which there are very few videos on You tube. You can subscribe it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whE8kVQMxbw
Video showing the procedure:
Now let us move on to the recipe.
Ingredients:
Par Boiled Rice(Idli arisi)-200gm
Fried Gram(Pori
Butter(Vennai)-50gm
Salt-To taste
Black Sesame Seeds(Karuppu Ell)-2tbs
Oil For deep frying
Procedure:
1. Soak rice for 3 hours.
2. Grind in a wet grinder to form a thick and smooth paste.
3. Take the paste in a bowl.
4. Grind fried gram in a mixer grinder to a fine powder.
5. Add fried gram powder, salt and sesame seeds to the paste.
6. Melt butter and add it to the mixture.
7. Knead to prepare a soft dough. If you feel that the dough is very sticky, then place the dough in a white cotton cloth and cover it with the cloth. The cloth will absorb the extra water.
8. Divide dough into lemon sized balls.
9. Keep the balls covered to avoid drying. Work one at a time.
10. Apply oil in your fingers. Prepare murukku as shown in the video on a tissue paper or white cotton cloth.
11. Prepare all the murukku in the same way.
12. Heat oil. Keep flame at medium and deep fry murukku. Do not crowd the pan. Fry 3 at a time.
13. When the colour is nice brown, remove it and place on a tissue paper to remove excess oil.
14. Kai murukku is ready!
Ingredients:
Channa Dhal(Kadalai Paruppu)-1cup
Salt-to taste
Pepper Powder/Red Chilly Powder-to taste
Procedure:
1. Soak channa dhal for 2 hours.
2. Drain the dhal and place on a white cloth to remove any trace of water.
3. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Deep fry the soaked dhal until it turns golden brown.
5. Drain oil in a strainer.
6. Add salt and pepper powder/red chilly powder to taste.
7. Enjoy!
For the Kinnam/Cups:
1. Grease small aluminium bowls on the outside.
2. Take the dough ball and start preparing spirals on the bowl, starting at the top. Leave ½ cm and start spiraling. This will help you in removing murukku from the bowl.
3. Prepare 2 at a time.
4. Deep fry till golden brown along with the bowl.
5. Remove from oil when done and let it cool thoroughly. Don’t hurry.
6. Remove the bowl carefully from the murukku.
7. Serve it filled with Nei Kadalai.
8. It will surely please your guests.
As I am still at the learning stage, my murukku is not so perfect. Try Try and Try to get it right. All The Best!
WOWOWOW I love the video the method of twisting the dough is intriguing, and the dhal filling sounds so delicious. The overall dish looks like a woven basket so cute, well done on this challenge good to see a traditional dish for the challenge I’m always interested in seeing these.
Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.
This is superb! Though Ive eaten this many times, Ive never attempted making it!
oh my this is so super and very novel and innovative! Love it and two thumbs up Gayathri!!!!
Wow, this is new to me, never heard or had kai murukku kinnam. Appreciate u for the efforts taken,looks superb.
Yum n making cups is wonderful idea ….great effort from u
Wow….Superb effort…great work..and its first time I am seeing this snack…Very delicious looking one…
முறுக்கு கிண்ணம் இப்பதான் கேள்விப்படறேன் காயத்ரி!
நெய்கடலையும் புதுசா இருக்கு. இரண்டுமே சூப்பரா இருக்கு.எங்கம்மா ரொம்ப அழகா கைமுறுக்கு சுத்துவாங்க. நான் ஒருசில முறை ட்ரை பண்ணிட்டு விட்டுட்டேன்.
உங்க கணவருக்கும் உங்களுக்கும் சேர்த்து வீடியோவிற்கு பாராட்டுக்கள்!
Appadiye mei marandhutten pa.Extraordinary effort.lovely video.thanks for sharing.
wow..that is a wonderful work done.hats off for u dear…superb..
Picture perfect! Very impressed! Thank you for the recipes and video. 🙂
very impresive..great work!!
very perfect,thanks for sharing…good post..
Wow kalakals Gayathri, very impressive..urs looks super prefect, fantastic work..
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PERFECT CRUNCHY MURKRU
Perfect Murukkus….I have never attempted making kai murukku..have to learn….
Perfect munchies…looks beautiful.
Fantastic job…Loved the idea of cups with murukku…Can’t take my eyes off the cute cups.
cute n yummy cups..
cute cups, it attract all of us i belive lovely recipe
wow Gayathri …You are an expert dear …Wish I can grab it from u …excellent work …
Cute edible bowls Gayathri.
Are those cups meant specifically for this recipe? I would have loved to watch how you removed that spiral dough from that alluminium cup.
The assembly of your bowl is so cool and they came out beautifully! I’m curious about the Channa Dhal and what it tastes like. Hopefully I can get some somewhere if I look hard enough 😀
wow so cute bowls !! Loved them !!
Looks so tempting and very prefect !!
ஆஹா…முருக்கு கிண்ணம் இப்ப தான் கேள்விபடுகிறேன்…ரொம்ப நல்லா இருக்கு..
வீடியோவில் இனைத்துள்ள பாடல் இசை ரொம்ப பிடித்தது..
Superb gayathri!!!! Kalakiteenga ponga!!!!! Arputham!!!!
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Bhalo Khabo
The video was very helpful.The murukku and dhal fry look so delicious.
Why is it that only Indians make wonderful vegetarian dishes?
I have never seen or heard of this dish. Those cups and the skillful way that they were crafted was beautiful to watch.
This month’s challenge has a contest associated with it. I think I will be voting for you. Great work.
very cute kai murukku gayatri
wow..that is a wonderful work done.hats off for u dear…superb..
romba alagana murukku kinnam..
pudhusa eruku gayathri..
video super..
Very cute cups.
My grandmother used to make these for me.
Hmmmm….
These look so delicious, and you had a great idea to make it into your edible container for the challenge. Thanks so much for participating, you did an amazing job! I’m always learning new and delicious things from you!
That’s a great job Gayathri..
super! love this idea..
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