Friday, October 26, 2018

Badam Murukku/Spicy Almond Chakli

If you have already tried your hands with Cashew murukku like me, you will definitely love making this almond murukku. And here comes my own version of almond murukku with a spicy almond paste. Usually murukkus are prepared easily  at home with less efforts. And this almond murukku is prepared with store bought rice flour, roasted gram flour which i simply spiced and flavored with a grounded paste of soaked almonds and dry red chillies. Though i used almond paste for making this incredible murukkus, you can still replace the almond paste with almond powder which suits prefect to make this dangerously addictive murukkus. With Diwali in a week, dont forget to check this incredibly delicious chaklis to celebrate this year's festivals of lights.

Spicy Almond Murukku, Badam Murukku

Diwali's savoury list counts definitely murukkus for us, i cant think other than making some murukkus for this festival every year. Since few years, am trying myself to try with different ingredients with different flavours and different combination for frying out some crispy murukkus. Usually i dont add spiciness to murukkus, but for a change, i soaked dry red chillies along with almonds and grinded both together as a paste. And this grounded chilly paste gives a mild spiciness to this murukkus. Not to forget the addition of almonds gives an excellent touch as well. Am running this week's blogging marathon with Diwali savouries and sweets as theme, obviously these crunchy munchies going for this theme.

Badam Kara Murukku, Almond Chakli

2cups Rice flour
1/2cup Pottukadalai flour (split roasted gram dal)
1/4cup Thick almond - chilly paste
1/2tsp Cumin seeds
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
1tbsp Butter
Salt
Oil

For badam/almond chilly paste: Take 20 numbers of almonds, soak in hot water for an hour, remove the skin.Soak 3-4 dry red chillies (adjust depending upon your spice level) to hot water for an hour. Grind now the almonds-dry red chillies as fine paste.

Take the rice flour, split roasted gram dal  in a large bowl and add the cumin seeds, asafoetida powder, butter and salt.

Add the almond-chilly paste and knead as a stiff dough with enough water.

Badam Murukku

Heat oil for deep frying in medium flame.

Make out enough balls from the dough, put in the muruku press.

Squeeze out the murukku over a greased plate and drop gently to hot oil, fry on both sides until the oil stops bubbling.

Drain the excess of oil in a paper towel..

Conserve in an air tightened box and enjoy this crunchy murukkus.

Almond Spicy Murukku, Badam Murukku

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13 comments:

Nalini's Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Crispy and crunchy murukku,love your murukku recipes for the theme.Will try it soon.

Motions and Emotions said... Reply To This Comment

murukku with the nutty taste of almond is just yumm

Srivalli said... Reply To This Comment

Super duper murukkus priya, I have bookmarked your cashew murukkus, now you are posting yet another one!..this looks so nicely done and crispy yaar..

Harini R said... Reply To This Comment

That is a superb idea to add almond flour to the already addictive murukku.

Rafeeda AR said... Reply To This Comment

The almond chilli paste sounds like an amazing addition! Beautifully made and so crispy...

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

Oh man, such decadent murukku with the addition of almond paste. They look very crispy, rich and delicious. Loved all your Diwali special dishes Priya.

Suma Gandlur said... Reply To This Comment

Wow, these chaklis sound amazing with that almond twist.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Almond Murukku!! That will definitely taste yummy. adding badam paste will give a rich flavor.

sushma said... Reply To This Comment

Almond muruku looks so yummy and crunchy.

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

Adding almonds and red chillies surely enhances the flavour of these murukku. They have come out so perfect Priya.

code2cook said... Reply To This Comment

fantastic murukku recipe must say. they are delicious, looks so crunchy with a healthier twist. Love making them anytime. You made me in love with even more with diwali recipes.

Ritu Tangri said... Reply To This Comment

O Wow! Almond chaklis.... That sounds amazing. I'm very fond of chaklis and these with almond flour must be irresistible

Chef Mireille said... Reply To This Comment

these sound amazing and the flavor must be awesome