Corn Muruku

Ingredients

3 tbsp butter or ghee, melted
2½ cups water or thin coconut milk
Oil for deep frying

A:
1½ cups gram flour (muruku flour)
½ cup rice flour
60g Nestle Corn Flakes, finely ground
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp aniseeds
1 tbsp asafoetida (jemuju)
½ tsp soda
Salt to taste

Method

1. Combine ingredients A, mix well.
2. Stir in melted butter and mix until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Make a hole in the centre of the flour, stir in water or coconut milk a little at a time. Mix until it turns into a soft dough.
4. Rest dough for 30 minutes. Spoon mixture into a muruku mould and press on to a piece of plastic.
5. Gently lift and drop into hot oil. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
6. Cool completely, store in airtight containers.