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Butter Murukku-Easy Butter Murukku Recipe-Chakli Recipe

March 15, 2013 by PadhuSankar 55 Comments

This is a very easy and simple murukku recipe. The good thing about this murukku is that you can use store bought ordinary rice flour. You do not have to prepare rice specially by soaking it, drying and then grinding it. Believe me, no elaborate procedures, just mix everything and make delicious and soft murukkus in a matter of few minutes.Today we will learn how to prepare Butter Murukku following this simple recipe.

Butter Murukku
Murukku with a cup of hot chai 

Easy and Simple Butter Murukku Recipe

Prep time – under 10 mins

Ingredients needed

Rice flour – 1 cup
Fried gram flour* – 1/2 cup
Melted ghee – 3 tsp
Salt needed
Hing/asafoetida –  a generous pinch
Oil for deep frying

Preparation

Grind fried gram or chutney kadalai to a fine powder and sieve it. Take 1/2 cup (flat) of this flour and keep it ready.

Sieve rice flour also.

Grease the murukku maker.

Method

In a bowl, mix together rice flour, fried gram flour, melted ghee, salt needed and hing.

Sprinkle water and make a soft but stiff dough. (It should not be too soft nor too hard). Check for salt by tasting the dough.
Simple butter murukku recipe

Heat oil in a kadai, add a small bit of dough, if it raises to the surface immediately, then the oil is hot enough for frying the murukkus. You can reduce the flame to medium now.

Using a single star disc, squeeze murukkus as shown in the picture above either on a plastic sheet or on the back of a slotted ladle or on a small plate (seal the end of the murukku after squeezing)  and then gently slide  2-3 murukkus into the hot oil. (see picture below)

how to make butter murukku

Fry both sides until golden brown and remove from oil. Drain the excess oil on a paper towel.

Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the dough. Store it in an air tight container once it cools down.

This is a very easy murukku recipe which does not need any prior preparation. Do try it and give me your feedback.

Note – If you are an expert, you can squeeze murukku directly into the hot oil.

If you are preparing more than 1 cup, do not mix everything. Prepare dough in batches.

*Fried gram is know as Pottu kadalai in tamil, Varutha Kadala in Malayalam, Putanalu pappu in Telugu and Bhuna Chana in Hindi.

Find more murukku/chakli recipes in the links below

No flour mill in your place, then prepare this murukku
Easy murukku recipe (wet grinding method)

Thenkuzhal Recipe 

Ribbon Pakoda 

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Comments

  1. Hari Chandana P

    March 15, 2013 at 11:32 am

    looks perfect.. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Ms.Chitchat

    March 15, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    Never tried murukku without urad dal flour, this is interesting recipe,looks yummy too, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. Veena Theagarajan

    March 15, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    crunchy snack and looks so yummy

    Reply
  4. Priya Suresh

    March 15, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    Crispy murukkus, love to munch some anytime.

    Reply
  5. Laxmi

    March 15, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    wow.. my fav murukkus.. looks perfect.. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Chitz

    March 15, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    Perfect crunchy murukku 🙂

    Reply
  7. Saranya Balaji

    March 15, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    My all time fav…looks crispy…

    Reply
  8. Pavithra R

    March 15, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    Reminds me of Diwali, where all the ladies in family sit together & make dabbas of murukku.
    Nice & crispy!!

    Reply
  9. Divya Shivaraman

    March 15, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    so perfect – my sis die for this

    Reply
  10. divya

    March 15, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    looks so yummy n crispy murukkus…

    Reply
  11. Gajus kitchen

    March 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    Love your blog and I am happy to pass on the " Very inspiring blogger" award to you .

    http://gajuskitchen.blogspot.ae/2013/03/i-am-very-happy-to-receive-my-first.html

    Reply
  12. Dipthi

    March 18, 2013 at 11:52 am

    simply love all your recipes.. its perfect 🙂

    Reply
  13. Corporate to Kitchen

    June 11, 2013 at 6:26 am

    Looks yummy will try this today

    Reply
  14. 2009mygod

    July 19, 2013 at 4:03 am

    Hi, just wanted to know whether the fried gram flour, is the ordinary gram flour/besan that we get in the store? pls help , I am trying this recipe right away….thanks for the recipe, will let you know once I am done

    Reply
  15. PadhuSankar

    July 19, 2013 at 8:45 am

    No, it is not the ordinary besan flour you get in the store. It is called fried gram which we use for coconut chutney, masala puffed rice etc.They even call it pori kadalai. gram is know as Pottu kadalai in tamil, Varutha Kadala in Malayalam, Putanalu pappu in Telugu and Bhuna Chana in Hindi.

    Reply
  16. Antony Rani

    August 7, 2013 at 11:38 am

    hi padhu thank you for sharing this… but i put the dough in the maker and do the shape its not coming properly ma….its splits…. what was my mistake please let me know…..

    Reply
  17. PadhuSankar

    August 8, 2013 at 7:50 am

    Antony Rani -Too much butter is the reason. Reduce the butter a little next time

    Reply
  18. Antony Rani

    August 22, 2013 at 8:37 am

    thank you padhu…. you are right…. thank you soo much…

    Reply
  19. Unknown

    August 28, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    Tried this recipe for janmashtami!!! Was amazing!! Have grown up seeing traditional murrukku being made for hours together so this was a pleasant revelation!! Thanks!

    Reply
  20. Syntax error

    August 29, 2013 at 4:51 am

    hi padhu.. tried this and found that the murukku was a bit hard to crunch. what was my mistake?

    Reply
  21. archana

    August 29, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    Thanks , It was perfectly crunchy. Made it yesterday. It tastes exactly like the kind we used to buy in India from sweet shops.

    Reply
  22. PadhuSankar

    August 30, 2013 at 12:17 pm

    Syntax error – You must have added less butter. May be that was why it was hard.

    Reply
  23. Nagalapur Arundhathi

    September 26, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Hi Paddu, very nice recipe. We tried at home and all our family members are happy.

    Reply
  24. Rekha Karthikbabu

    January 8, 2014 at 9:15 am

    I have tried so many items from ur blog. Easy yet good outcome too.. btw What rice flour need to use?.. raw rice or boiled rice?…

    Reply
  25. Padhu Sankar

    January 10, 2014 at 6:13 am

    Rekha – Thank you for liking myrecipes. It is raw rice flour.

    Reply
  26. dinnu

    April 7, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    Fried Bengal Gram is known as Hurigadale in Kannada.

    Reply
  27. Zakiah Sayeed

    September 26, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    Padhu, can I add some urad daal flour to the rice flour along with the besan flour? I made a batch last night, and it tasted good, but I think I missed the urad flour taste. Please reply.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 26, 2014 at 3:08 pm

      For butter murukku, we generally do not add urad dal flour.

      Reply
  28. Anonymous

    October 11, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    Simply awesome chajali receipe thks for sharing this one padhu

    Reply
  29. Theepa Hari

    October 17, 2014 at 5:45 am

    Raw rice flour or boiled rice flour?

    Reply
  30. pinkpreez

    October 20, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    Padhu – is it 3tsp butter or 3tsp melted ghee we need ? Because your ingredients and procedure ask for 2 different things. Can you please clarify ?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 21, 2014 at 4:47 am

      It is melted ghee. If you add butter, you need not melt it. I will update it. Thank you

      Reply
  31. Usha K R

    January 22, 2015 at 6:52 am

    Dear padhu

    I like all your receipies… Esp sweet appam… THX trying this murukku now…. Very easy than others

    Reply
  32. Deepa Subramanian

    September 3, 2015 at 7:33 am

    Tried this yesterday night (a small batch since I was doing it for the first time) Came out very well – crunchy and lovely yellow golden colour. My daughter could not stop munching on it…

    Reply
  33. Kriths

    October 28, 2015 at 11:03 am

    Hi Padhu.. I tried this and it came out really well.. But I am so curious to get that perfect yellow color as in your pic… mine was darker.. can you tell me how can i get that?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 31, 2015 at 4:51 am

      1 . Oil must have been too hot
      2. you would have taken it a bit late after it is cooked.
      it might be the reason for your dark colored murukku.

      Reply
    • chokobel india

      November 9, 2015 at 1:39 pm

      Hi
      I tried this today. It came out outstanding. Thanks a lot for sharing.

      Reply
    • chokobel india

      November 9, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      Do you have recipient for Mysore pak ( non sri Krishna sweet way)

      Reply
  34. Jaanu

    November 11, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    Hi Paddu….. Happy Diwali…
    And thank you for this awesome blog. I have tried many recipes from here and they turned out well. I tried this murukku recipe and I couldn't do it well. I added very little water while preparing the dough but it still breaks… How can I fix this? Pls help me!

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 13, 2015 at 4:43 am

      Thank you Jaanu for liking my blog and recipes. Regarding your doubt – even if you add more butter, the murukku will become very soft and break.

      Reply
    • Jaanu

      November 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  35. Riz Rafiq

    March 23, 2016 at 6:12 am

    Hi padhu.. I tried d muruku today.. Hurrah…! Within 15 minutes hav gotta Lovely murukku. Thank yu…

    Reply
  36. Sujatha Syam

    August 21, 2016 at 11:20 am

    Tasty and extremely easy to prepare.. i had never prepared Murukku in my whole life and i tried this for the first time for my child.. it came out well.. Thanks Padhu.. i love your recipes..

    Reply
  37. sailaja

    August 24, 2016 at 10:02 am

    Hi if i wanna prepare rice flour at home wats the proceedure

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 25, 2016 at 5:21 am

      Wash and soak rice for 2 hours. Dry it well in the shade (there should be no moisture in the rice) and get it ground to a fine powder in a flour mill. Sieve it and store it. Use it for making murukku, kozhukattai, wheat dosas etc.

      Reply
  38. vijay

    March 16, 2017 at 8:13 am

    Hello!
    How many murukku s made for 1 cup ?

    Reply
  39. praveena krishnan

    August 31, 2017 at 6:19 am

    Is this s prepared from puzhungal arisi or pacha arisi

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 8, 2017 at 11:42 am

      Raw rice or pacha arisi mavu. Specially prepared for murukku.

      Reply
  40. anitha

    November 3, 2018 at 1:22 pm

    Hello mam my dough was very hard but the murukku was not crunchy what could be the reason

    Reply
  41. Unknown

    January 17, 2019 at 8:42 am

    Can I use butter instead of ghee

    Reply
  42. Dharani

    August 21, 2019 at 9:21 am

    Hi Madhu mam, i tried butter murukku, first batch dough was good n it came yummy, but second batch dough i added salt more then how to overcome

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      August 24, 2019 at 5:17 am

      Cannot do anything.

      Reply
  43. Soumya

    August 14, 2020 at 11:25 am

    This came out very well. Only change I did was I added butter instead of ghee and mixed the butter into to dry ingredients by crumbling (moining). This gives crispiness to the murukku.
    I love all you recipes. 🙂

    Reply
  44. Aparna

    November 9, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    Can we use store bought rice flour?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      November 11, 2020 at 8:09 am

      I personally don’t recommend but if it is sold for the purpose of making murukku, you can get it.

      Reply

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