Millets: Malpua and Murukku Recipes

 

Hi,

People look out for tasty recipes out of millets, but most of the times the results are not as good as expected. So, to solve this problem I will be sharing 2 recipes here, try it and enjoy the taste of millets.

1) Kodo Malpua

    1 cup Kodo flour
    1/2 cup sugar (to make it healthier you can use Jaggery instead of Sugar)
    1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    1 teaspoon fennel (Saunf)
    2 teaspoon ghee 
Steps

1. Put sugar and 1 cup of water in a deep pan and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes while stirring continuously
2. Now take out this mixture in a bowl and take it out to cool down
3. After cooling, add crushed black pepper, fennel, kodo flour and 1/4 cup water, mix well and keep aside.
4. Heat ghee in a broad non-stick pan and pour a spoonful of batter into the hot ghee
5. Fry the malpua in high flame till it turns golden brown from both the sides
6. In the same way make malpuas from the rest of the batter and serve garnished with the chopped cashews and almonds.

2) Kodo Millet Murukku

    Kodo millet flour- 100gm

    Moong dal- 30gm

    Urad dal- 20gm

    Red chilli powder- 2gm

    Ajwain seeds- 1gm

    Turmeric powder- 2gm

    Papadkhar- 5gm

    Salt- 1gm

    Sesame seeds- 3gm

Steps-

1.     Mix all ingredients in a bowl and add hot water in a slow controlled manner to form a smooth dough
2. Heat a wide heavy bottom vessel with enough oil for deep frying
3. Once the oil is heated fill up the murukku maker with a portion of the dough
4. Press the murukku maker by keeping it directly on top of the oil
5. turn it gently with a slotted spoon for even deep frying
6. when the oil stops sizzling take the kodo murukku out of the oil
7. place the kodo murukku on a tissue paper to absorb extra oil
8. Serve as a healthy Kodo murukku snack

Stay tuned to learn about more such recipes and try the new taste at home!

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