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Murukku is a South Indian crunchy snack, by adding beetroot puree it got colorful and tasted great…<\/p>\n

Diwali is around the corner and my FB news feed has been bombarded with pictures of Diwali snacks posted by my fellow food bloggers, celebrity Indian chefs and other food enthusiasts. I\u00a0love all kinds of Indian sweets and snacks, especially burfis, pedas and murukku.<\/p>\n

During Diwali, sweets and snacks are made from scratch in most houses and are shared with family, friends and neighbours.\u00a0My neighbours in India used to celebrate Diwali to the fullest and we used to be a part of their celebration too. Of course, I used to thoroughly enjoy the homemade sweets and snacks, yummy! Miss those days now.<\/p>\n

One of the popular snacks in South India is murukku which is a crunchy snack made using\u00a0rice flour dough. There are several variations of murukku, the ingredients used can vary and the shape of the murukku can vary too. However, the main ingredient for making the murukku dough is rice flour. Other ingredients like ground urad dal, semolina, gram flour, potato puree etc\u00a0can be added based on the kind of murukku that’s being made.<\/p>\n

I’d been thinking of making murukku for so long and I wanted my murukku to be colorful so I went behind\u00a0beetroot. Added beetroot puree to the rice flour and kneaded the dough, the dough had a gorgeous reddish purple color. I used the star shaped disc in the mould and pressed the dough and fried it to perfection.<\/p>\n

Gorgeous and crunchy beet root murukku tasted really good and we munched on them non-stop.<\/p>\n

For more Diwali sweet\/snack recipes, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Recipe for Murukku made with rice flour and urad dal, click here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Beetroot Murukku<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Preparation Pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beetroot murukku dough<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Star shaped disc<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Press the dough onto a slotted spoon and make coiled shape<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Frying the dough<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fried murukkus placed on a paper towel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beetroot Murukku – South Indian Crunchy Snack<\/div>\n
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Recipe Type<\/span>: snack<\/span><\/div>\n
Cuisine: Indian<\/span><\/div>\n
Author: Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n
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