Wednesday, December 12, 2012

THEN KUZHAL





Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 to 45 minutes

Ingredients Required:
1.       Arisi Maavu- ½  kilo
2.       Ulutham Podi- 150gms
3.       Butter - 100 gms
4.       Seeragam or Karuppu Ellu - 2 teaspoons
5.       Perungayam- ½ teaspoon
6.       Salt-To taste
7.       Thengai Paal- 1 cup (Optional)
8.       Refined Oil- 1 kilo
Procedure:
·         To prepare ulutham podi, you need 200 gms of muzhu ulutham paruppu, which you have to dry roast in a pan and grind nicely in the mixer. Sieve this (in a challadai) and  you get a fine textured ulutham podi.
·         Arisi maavu, you can use readymade flour which you can procure from the near by shops.
·         Mix all the ingredients namely, arisi maavu, ulutham podi, butter, seeragam or ellu, perungayam, salt and water (along with or without thengai paal).
·         Let this dough be semi solid in consistency,  in order to facilitate easy squeezing through then kuzhal achu or naazhi as we call it.
·         Take a handful of this mixture, put it in the achu and squeeze it over the oil in a round manner and in clockwise direction. You can fry 3 to 4  pieces at a time if your bandli is big.
·         Fry them till you get a nice golden brown color; also the sound of frying becomes nil when the then kuzhals are cooked completely.
·         Yummy then kuzhals are ready and this is an ideal DEEPAVALI SNACK which people of all age groups like and also harmless.
NOTE:
ü  Thengaipaal is added to give a sweet taste and added crispiness.
ü  Only if you like ellu go for it, otherwise my choice would be seeragam.
ü  Achu, you get it all vessel vendor shops and choose one that will give a nice shape and size.
ü  This is a popular chettinad snack and also called as murukku
ü  We can also use Pulungzhal arisi but you should take the pains to grind it nicely in a grinder.
ü  Ulutham podi is also available in ready made packs in departmental stores.
Tamil Equivalents:
1.       Arisi Maavu- Rice Flour
2.       Muzhu ulutham paruppu- Urad dal
3.       Ulutham Podi- Urad dal powder
4.       Seeragam- Cumin seeds
5.       Karuppu Ellu- Black Til
6.       Perungayam- Asofoetida
7.       Thengai Paal- Coconut milk
8.       Challadai- Sieve
9.       Achu- Gadget used to squeeze the mixture inside the oil
10.   Pulungzhal arisi- Par boiled rice





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