Mangalorean style rice murukku ( chakkuli / chakali )

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup boiled rice
• 150 - 200 ml coconut milk
• 1/2 cup urad dal
• 1 teaspoon til
• 1 teaspoon jeera
• 1 teaspoon butter
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil frying murukku

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Preparation

• Soak the rice in water for 1 hour . Drain out water and grind to a fine paste with coconut milk.
• Roast the urad dal on a dry tawa until light brown and make a fine powder.
• Add the powdered urad dal to the rice paste.
• Then add til, jeera, butter and salt to taste. Mix well and make it as thick as chapati dough.
• Put this dough in a murukku / chakali mould and press it to chakali shapes on a paper.
• Heat oil in a wide kadai/ frying pan.
• Transfer this chakulis / murukku into the cooking oil and fry on a medium heat until golden brown.