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    Home » Snacks / Appetizers » Quinoa Murukku | Chakli

    Quinoa Murukku | Chakli

    Posted on October 13, 2017 · Last Updated on February 4, 2021 · By Srividhya G · 4 Comments

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    quinoa murukku, chakli, jantikalu

    The next recipe that I am going to share in the Diwali recipe series is the delicious savory snack – Quinoa Murukku / Chakli. I prepared this murukku with quinoa flour and roasted gram flour. Enjoy this Diwali with the protein-rich quinoa murukku.  Here comes the stepwise pictorial recipe of the quinoa murukku.

    HealthyQuinoaMurukku

    If you are looking to incorporate quinoa into your day to recipes or getting acquired to quinoa flour, this is your best bet. (Oh yeah quinoa puttu, quinoa laddu, quinoa cookie is there too). Murukku is one of my favorite snacks, and I can’t get enough of it. I have posted ragi murukku, Thenguzhal and also baked murukku. 

    I have quite a few on my recipe list too and will post in the coming months.  This blog doesn’t need any intro about my love affair with quinoa. :-) So I decided to incorporate quinoa in my favorite snack murukku, and here I am posting it. :-)

    Flour Measurements:

    I used store-bought quinoa flour for this recipe, but you can prepare the same at home too. You can dry roast the quinoa and powder it. Make sure you sieve it before using it in murukku.

    I want to thank Jeyashri from Jeyashri’s kitchen for helping me with the quinoa flour to roasted gram flour ratio. I wanted to keep my quinoa flour ratio high, and I wasn’t sure what the minimum amount of roasted gram flour is.  When I pinged her on Instagram, she clarified it right away.  For this recipe, I went with 3 tbsp of gram flour, but you can go up to ¼ cup.

    Quinoa Murukku | Chakli Recipe:

    A delicious savory snack – Quinoa Murukku / Chakli, prepared with quinoa flour and roasted gram flour.

    HealthyQuinoaMurukku

    Ingredients:

    • Quinoa Flour – 1 cup
    • Roasted Gram Flour – 3 tbsp
    • Red Chili Powder – ½ tsp
    • Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
    • Salt – 1 tsp
    • Hing – ¼ tsp
    • Butter – 1 tbsp
    • Hot oil – 1 tbsp
    • Water – ¾ cup or as required
    • Oil for frying plus greasing the mold.

    Prep – Work:

    • Take about ¼ cup of roasted gram dal and grind into a fine powder.
    • Sieve the quinoa flour and roasted gram flour.

    How to make Quinoa Murukku:

    • In a large mixing bowl, add the quinoa flour, roasted gram flour, red chili powder, hing, cumin seeds, and salt.

    murukku ingredients

    • Add the butter and hot oil, (I usually keep the oil for frying in low flame and start mixing) and mix all the ingredients.
    • Add water little by little and make a soft and smooth dough. I used about ¾ cup of water. Make sure the dough is not too hard. It becomes hard to press, and also the murukku breaks if it is too hard. If it’s too soft with more moisture, the murukku will absorb oil.

    murukku dough

    • I used the star-shaped mold for this murukku. You can use your preferred mold. Grease the murukku press with oil.

    murukku pressing mold

    • Then add a handful of dough in the murukku press.

    adding the murukku dough in the press

    • If you are comfortable, you can press it directly on hot oil if not press them on back of a ladle or greased plate like below.

    pressing the quinoa and roast gram flour murukku

    • Slowly and carefully drop them into oil and fry the murukku. Flip the murukku over after 40-45 seconds and fry until the bubble ceases. Make sure you fry over a low medium flame so that the murukku gets cooked thoroughly.

    frying the quinoa murukku

    • Place the fried murukku on parchment paper or tissue paper and drain the excess oil.
    • Store in an airtight container and enjoy.

    HealthyQuinoaMurukku

    Recipe Notes:

    • You can slightly roast the quinoa flour for a couple of minutes. But as we got used to quinoa flour taste, I went without roasting.
    • Adjust the salt and spice as per your preference.
    • Make sure the dough is not too hard and not too soft.
    • Also, fry the murukku over a low medium flame (on a number scale from 1 to 10, around 4 ).
    • You can add more butter about an extra 1 tbsp for that melt in mouth murukku. As we prefer crispy and crunchy ones, I did not add the extra butter.
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    Quinoa Murukku | Chakli Recipe:

    A delicious savory snack – Quinoa Murukku / Chakli, prepared with quinoa flour and roasted gram flour.
    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time35 mins
    Total Time35 mins
    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: South Indian, TamilNadu
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 176kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Quinoa Flour
    • 3 tbsp Roasted Gram Flour
    • ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
    • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
    • 1 tsp Salt
    • ¼ tsp Hing
    • 1 tbsp Butter soft
    • 1 tbsp oil hot
    • ¾ cup Water as required
    • 1.5 cups Oil for frying plus greasing the mold.

    Instructions

    Prep – Work

    • Take about ¼ cup of roasted gram dal and grind into fine powder.
    • Sieve the quinoa flour and roasted gram flour.

    Steps

    • In a broad mixing bowl, add the quinoa flour, roasted gram flour, red chili powder, hing, cumin seeds and salt.
    • Add the butter and hot oil, (I usually keep the oil for frying in low flame and start mixing) and mix all the ingredients.
    • Add water little by little and make a soft and smooth dough. I used about ¾ cup of water. Make sure the dough is not too hard. It becomes hard to press and also the murukku breaks if it is too hard. If it's too soft with more moisture, the murukku will absorb water.
    • I used the star-shaped mold for this murukku. You can use your preferred mold. Grease the murukku press with oil.
    • Then add a handful of dough in the murukku press.
    • If you are comfortable, you can press it directly on hot oil if not press them on back of a ladle or greased plate like below.
    • Slowly and carefully drop them into oil and fry the murukku. Flip them over after 40-45 seconds and fry until the bubble ceases. Make sure you fry over a low medium flame so that the murukku gets cooked thoroughly.
    • Place the fried murukku on parchment paper or tissue paper and drain the excess oil.
    • Store in an airtight container and enjoy.

    Notes

    • You can slightly roast the quinoa flour for a couple of minutes. But as we got used to quinoa flour taste, I went without roasting.
    • Adjust the salt and spice as per your preference.
    • Make sure the dough is not too hard and not too soft.
    • Also, fry the murukku over a low medium flame (on a number scale from 1 to 10, around 4 ).
    • You can add more butter about extra 1 tbsp for that melt in mouth murukku. As we prefer crispy and crunchy ones, I did not add the extra butter.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 418mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 126IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    1. Ana says

      July 21, 2021 at 4:06 am

      Awesome recipe, thank you!! Can these murukkus be baked?

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 21, 2021 at 10:02 am

        Yes you can. I have a baked murukku recipe here – https://www.vidhyashomecooking.com/baked-coconut-milk-chakli-thengai-paal-murukku/

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    2. maha says

      October 14, 2017 at 7:37 pm

      liked the idea of adding quinoa..tasty..

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        October 15, 2017 at 6:43 pm

        Thanks Maha…

        Reply

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