firstly, take ¼ cup urad dal flour, 1¼ cup rice flour, 1 tbsp butter, 1 tsp cumin, pinch hing and ¾ tsp salt.
combine and mix well making sure the butter is combined well.
further, add water as required and knead a dough.
now take 4 holed mould and fix to the chakli maker.
grease the chakli maker with some oil. this prevents dough from sticking to mould.
furthermore, make a cylindrical shape out of dough and place the dough inside maker.
tighten the lid and start preparing thenkuzhal murukku.
on a greased spotted spoon, prepare small spiral shape murukku by pressing.
seal the ends so that it doesn’t fall apart while deep frying.
slide the murukku into hot oil. or bake in preheated oven at 180-degree celsius for 15 minutes.
flip the murukku and fry on medium flame till they turn crispy from both sides.
furthermore, drain over a paper towel to remove excess oil.
finally, serve crispy and tasty thenkuzhal murukku with masala tea or masala milk.