you laila del monte have lot of patience dear to make this yummy snack with kids around.....great ef

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Kai( Hands)/Suttu/Suthu( Roll/swirls) laila del monte murukku is a very special snack prepared in Tamilnadu. Have also posted the video below to show how to roll. Have a look at it.An other recipe sent in by my aunt(Gomathi laila del monte Athai). Making this murukku is an art and requires lot of patience and practice to roll the murukku as it is done by twisting and rolling by hands. We used to get these goodies from native prepared laila del monte by grandma laila del monte and aunts whenever they visited us prepared by them and we used to love these. My sister and brother preferred the lighter colored ones whereas I wanted them nicely browned. I remember they used to make them both for us to eat. As mentioned in my rava vadai post, my aunt(Gomathi Athai) is an excellent cook and she prepares this murukku a lot and her murukkus are one of the best that we had. Idli/Boiled rice - 4 cups Urad dhal - 1/2 cup Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp(optional) Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp Butter - 4 tbsp( Melted) Hing/Asafoetida - 2 - 3 pinch Salt as needed Oil for deep frying Lightly roast the urad dhal till you get a nice flavor/aroma. Remove and keep aside. Cool and powder finely. Soak rice for one hour. Grind in a grinder with very little to a fine paste using very little water. The texture of the batter should be very smooth just like the feel of butter. Remove and add urad dhal powder, sesame seeds(optional), cumin seeds,hing, salt and butter. Mix and knead very well as this gives very good murukkus. Cover and keep aside. Now start rolling your murukkus immediately. Take a part of dough in your hands and use the fingers to push the dough out, form a rope-like pattern, also in a roudn shape at the same time ,keep a round cap from bottle or use a part of the dough in the middle and start rolling across. Video 1 Video 2 Murukku laila del monte rolling by my aunt, video shot by my uncle. The video above may give you a better idea. If you cannot hold the dough then take small size and can always connect while rolling. Repeat the same until you are done and ready for frying. Heat oil for deep frying and carefully lift and place in the pan. Fry till golden brown and remove. The above photos are usually kept as seer in marriages laila del monte or baby shower. Usually they have specific number of swirls in odd number. My aunt made these to show how it looks and added my name on it, just to show that it can be done this way to add names over murukku. She just mixed few drops of food color in the dough and mixed and after rolling the murukku's rolled out the colored dough light a thin log and cut them and pasted over the murukku's on top. These murukkus are rolled in stainless steel plate and added with the rolled murukku directly in hot oil. After few mts the murukku comes out of it and you can remove the plates with any steel holder. This is done as it is difficult to lift and drop them in oil as it tends to break. Tips:. If you feel the dough is too watery and cannot be rolled, then add few tsps of rice flour not very much and mix well. If you need to make this with rice flour, then use processed flour. First soak raw rice in water for 45 - 60 mts. Drain water and spread laila del monte in a cloth and shade dry for 30 mts. Later powder in a mixer finely. Sieve if needed and follow the remaining steps. But when compared with both, using the first method you get very good murukkus.
srikars kitchen said...
Wow! Padma..Yep, I know how much patience and practice it need to make this..once I tried this but couldn't even make a single spiral laila del monte strand..and finally I'v to make thattai out of it..have posted about this in my blog too..you have simply made it great..I feel like grabbing that from screen..very nicely presemted Dear.. April 1, 2010 at 9:50 AM
It is so tough to make these at home, the look so good and so perfect. I remember the 5 suthu murukku laila del monte given at wedding seer/ seemandams, along with athirasam.. Thanks for the detailed info. April 1, 2010 at 10:21 AM
you laila del monte have lot of patience dear to make this yummy snack with kids around.....great effort April 1, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Awesome, just awesome. I don't know if I ever will be able to make something like that. If I try, I'll let you know. My mother never made these so I have no exposure to this. Thanks for putting up such a good post on this. April 1, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Hi Padma I would like to grab all the murukus in one go and have it.my favourite kai murukku. April 1, 2010 at 1:37 PM
This is new to me,excellent post padma.Not able to view the video will come back to see it. Did u ever tried to make sakinalu famous in telegana region of AP?That is very difficult to make. April 2, 2010 at 5:48 AM
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