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Thinai Murukku | Millet Chakli | Quinoa Chakli From Scratch

April 3, 2013 By Sangeetha Priya 35 Comments

Again a traditional ingredient Quinoa/Thinai but this time I used it in snack. Thanks to one of my reader who searched Thinai Murukku in google and ended up in my Pottukadalai murukku, Otherwise I couldn’t get this idea. First time I experimented with 1 Cup measurement and the taste was awesome. I assure that you get the traditional petti kadai/shop murukku taste. Second time I

made in huge quantity shared with few of my neighbors and stored it for H before making our trip.

Thinai/Foxtail Millet and Quinoa are different in texture but process of making murukku/chakli is similar n taste wise too…

Ingredients
Rice Flour – 3 Cups
Foxtail Millet/Quinoa Flour – 1 Cup + 2 Tbsp (I used whole grain and powdered it Refer Note 3)
Unsalted Butter – 4-5 Tbsp
Omam/Ajwain – 2tsp
Whole Red Chilis or Red Chili Powder – 5 number or 2tsp
Salt n Water – As Required
Oil – For deep fry

Method

  • Soak the red chilis for at least 4hrs and grind to fine paste.
  • You can use instant red chili powder too.
  • Dry roast the whole thinai/quinoa (Pic 1) till they are lightly golden and start to pop (approx 4-5mins in medium flame).
  • Powder it well when cooled completely (Pic 2).
  • Can sieve it but i didn’t do so but make sure it powdered well otherwise the murukku turns so hard (Refer note 1 for another reason).
  • Mix all the ingredients except oil n water (Pic 3).
  • Sprinkle little by little water and make it soft pliable dough Pic 4 (Refer Note 2).
  • Add the dough in murukku aachu/press and make shapes in a parchment/aluminum foil/non stick surface Pic 5.
  • Shift the pressed/shaped murukkus in hot oil using flat ladle or
  • You can press one at a time in another big ladle and flip it to hot oil or directly in hot oil.
  • Fry till golden brown or sound suppresses Pic 6.
  • Drain the excess oil n store in air tight container.

Note:

  1. The other reason for hard murukku is becoz of less butter in the dough, so increase it when u feel hard.
  2. The dough neither break while making shapes nor have too much moisture.
  3. Use white/regular processed/husk removed quinoa.
  4. By mistake if the dough has too much of moisture adjust it with rice flour n millet flour (3:1 proportions)
  5. Before storing in container make sure the murukkus cooled out completely.
  6. Make shapes without gap in between circles.
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Comments

  1. Manjula Bharath

    April 3, 2013 at 2:05 pm

    wow yummy and perfect murruku 🙂 lovely explanation too sangee 🙂 lovely clicks 🙂

    Reply
  2. Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj

    April 3, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    wow super yummy snack akka… good idea of using thinai… nice clicks…

    Reply
  3. Chitz

    April 3, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Wow.. looks awesome 🙂 picture perfect !!!

    Reply
  4. Rita Bose

    April 3, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    Looks so delicious!! Perfectly made! 🙂
    http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/

    Reply
  5. divya

    April 3, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    wow looks awesome, stunning clicks dear:)

    Reply
  6. Sharanya palanisshami (sara's TASTY BUDS)

    April 3, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    murukku was our family's favorite snack , it was a nice idea to make this thinai murukku……..

    Reply
  7. PT

    April 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    kalakureenga dear 🙂 looks beautiful

    Reply
  8. Beena.stephy

    April 3, 2013 at 5:12 pm

    Perfect yummy murukku

    Reply
  9. Shailaja Reddy

    April 3, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Innovative and awesome murukku.

    Reply
  10. DivyaGCP

    April 3, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Crispy crunchy murukku.. I can have it anytime..

    Reply
  11. S.Menaga

    April 4, 2013 at 1:15 pm

    super crispy murukku…

    Reply
  12. Kalpana Sareesh

    April 4, 2013 at 2:10 pm

    Sooperbb.. love the millets addition..

    Reply
  13. Babitha costa

    April 4, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    lovely dear

    Reply
  14. Sona S

    April 4, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    yummy crispy murukku..

    Reply
  15. Usha

    April 5, 2013 at 12:03 am

    Hi, This beautiful murukku image caught my mind on recipenewz, beautiful images.

    I have doubt about using Quinoa, I see in ingredients you are using rice flour and millet. Did you miss writing quinoa or you think millet is quinoa? They both are different grains. If you used quinoa, I was curious to know how its texture works in murukku?

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • sangeethapriya

      April 5, 2013 at 1:47 pm

      Hi Usha thanks for stopping here…Yup Thinai/Finger Millet n Quinoa are different. Either one is predominantly available in market, luckily I got both and experimented well before posting here. The only thing is, I missed to mention quinoa in Ingredient list, Thanks for reminding it. As stated earlier you have to powder n sieve the flour, if you worry about the Murukku texture…

      Reply
  16. Prema's Culinary

    April 5, 2013 at 1:43 am

    wow very healthy murukku,i made butter murukku today…My daughter's fav snack…sure will try this healthy murukku next time:)

    Reply
  17. Reni

    April 5, 2013 at 2:08 pm

    looks very tasty and delicious :)Super !

    Reni
    http://reniscooking.blogspot.de/

    Reply
  18. Neela Rufus

    April 5, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    New idea!Love your blog! I'm happy to follow you, you can visit my blog when you find time 🙂
    http://kitchenista-welcometomykitchen.blogspot.com

    Reply
  19. Aara Shaikh

    April 5, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    wonderful 🙂 nice 2 follow u 🙂
    http://sweets-n-spices.blogspot.in/

    Reply
  20. Sri Love

    April 7, 2013 at 4:30 am

    I just wish you are my neighbour now dear! Your murukkus are just perfect!!! Awesome shots…
    Can I grab a few…how I wish to do so now!!! 😉

    Reply
  21. Sanoli Ghosh

    April 7, 2013 at 8:07 am

    lovely murukku, crunchy. Would like to munch now.

    Reply
  22. Treatntrick Treat and Trick

    April 7, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    They look gorgeous!

    Reply
  23. Nilu A

    April 8, 2013 at 4:11 am

    Wow… They look delicious… I'm a new blogger… Do visit my blog.. http://kitchenserenity.blogspot.in/

    Reply
  24. Torviewtoronto

    April 8, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    deliciously done murukku

    Reply
  25. Veena Theagarajan

    April 9, 2013 at 5:53 am

    looks so yummy.. Must try item for me

    Reply
  26. Shanthi

    April 9, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    awesome and i must try this recipe…

    Reply
  27. Love to Experiment

    April 10, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    Hats off to you Sangeetha. Those murukku are so cute and picture perfect.

    Reply
  28. prethika skm

    October 25, 2013 at 7:06 am

    traditional muruku's my mom said my grandma used to make murukku in thinai flour…from that time i was fond of trying that murukku recipe…keeping your recipe as a bookmark i will make this murukku

    Reply
  29. Suja Md

    October 25, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    looks beautiful dear!!

    Reply
  30. Asiya Omar

    October 26, 2013 at 4:59 am

    WOW ! LOOKS VERY CRISPY.Thanks for linking this to Gayathri's WTML Evnet hosted by me.

    Reply
  31. Shobana Vijay

    October 26, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Crispy too.. I liked thee way you have presented.

    Reply
  32. Ranjani Raj

    October 8, 2014 at 5:53 pm

    Looks crispy and u made it perfectly

    Reply
  33. marudhus kitchen

    October 11, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    wow perfect millet murukku…dear

    Reply
  34. Sai Whole Foods

    April 20, 2015 at 5:54 am

    shop online for quinoa at http://www.saiwholefoods.com

    Reply

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