Ulundu murukku|Urad dal murukku, crispy murukku made using boiled urad dal and rice flour, recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.
Easy Ulundu murukku | urad dal murukku recipe, crispy murukku made using boiled urad dal and rice flour, recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. I bookmarked this ulundu murukku recipe from he re, a few years back but I completely forgot about that. Some days while going through some bookmarked recipe collections, I bumped into this ulundu murukku recipe. Even if you don’t have a rice mill in your place and have access only to store-bought rice flour, you can make this boiled urad dal murukku. This is similar to the Rajma murukku which I posted last year during Diwali.
The murukku truly melted in mouth and we all enjoyed it. This urad dal murukku stays good for a week to 10 days in an airtight container. We have many murukku varieties in Jeyashri’s kitchen and to quote the popular ones, check out our, Thengai paal murukku , Masala murukku , Kara Thenkuzhal murukku , Ragi butter murukku and Besan murukku
- Pressure cook 1/4 cup of urad dal in 3/4 cup of water till 4-5 whistles

- Once done, take out and drain excess water. Let’s use the water for making the dough.
- Cool completely and grind this into a fine paste.

- In a bowl add the rice flour, i used idiyappam flour.
- Add the ground urad dal paste to this.
- Add salt, melted butter and asafoetida.
- Slightly crush the cumin seeds in a mortar pestle and add it to the bowl.
- Mix well.
- Sprinkle water and make this into a smooth dough.
- Keep this covered

- Heat oil for deep frying.
- I used thenkuzhal achu, you can use star achu too.
- Squeeze directly into the oil or squeeze on the greased ladle and gently shift to the oil.
- Fry on medium flame, and cook on both sides.
- Drain excess oil in a kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.

- You can soak the urad dal for 10 minutes before cooking.
- Urad dal murukku stays crisp for 10 days in an airtight container.

Ulundu murukku recipe
Ingredients
- 1 and ¼ cup Rice flour
- ¼ cup Urad dal
- 2 tsp Butter
- Salt as needed
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds | jeera
- 1 tsp White sesame seeds
- Oil for deep frying
- 2 pinches Asafoetida
Instructions
- Pressure cook 1/4 cup of urad dal in 3/4 cup of water till 4-5 whistles.
- Once done, take out and drain excess water. Let’s use the water for making the dough.
- Cool completely and grind this into a fine paste.
- In a bowl add the rice flour, i used idiyappam flour.
- Add the ground urad dal paste to this.
- Add salt, melted butter and asafoetida.
- Slightly crush the cumin seeds in a mortar pestle and add it to the bowl.
- Mix well
- Sprinkle water and make this into a smooth dough.
- Keep this covered.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- I used thenkuzhal achu, you can use star achu too.
- Squeeze directly into oil or squeeze on greased ladle and gently shift to the oil.
- Fry on medium flame, cook on both sides.
- Drain excess oil in a kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.