This month's challenge is sagu biyyam (tapioca) muruku. Β I almost forgot about the challenge, Β until I saw Srivalli's post yesterday. Β I soaked the sagu right away and wanted to make it yesterday afternoon. Β As I was going thru the recipe, I realized that I have to soak the sagu for 3 hours, not 30 minutes, as I had initially thought. Β By the time the sagu soaked, I got busy and couldn't make them yesterday. Β I put it the fridge overnight and removed it in the morning. Β Thought of making it first thing in the morning and that didn't work either. Β Final made them this evening. Β Hence, my sagu soaked for over 24 hours! Β I followed Srivalli's recipe as given.
Source: Srivalli
Total Time: 45 minutes - 60 minutes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes (excludes sagu soaking time)
Cooking Time: 35 - 45 minutes
Print Recipe
- 2 cups Rice Flour
- Β½ cup Besan Flour
- Β½ cup Fried Gram Flour Β½ cup Fried Gram or Daliya or Putnalu and grind to powder
- Β½ cup Sago
- Salt to taste
- 50 gms (half of half cup) Curd ΒΌ - β cup Yogurt and the rest water to make 1 cup of butter milk
- 1 teaspoon Chile Powder or as per taste
Special Utensil:
Muruku Press
- Soak Sago in Butter milk for 3 hrs, please ensure that you soak it enough else you may risk having the sago burst.
- Mix all the flour together, heat 50 gms oil, mix to the flour along with salt and chili powder. Then add the buttermilk soaked sago slowly and knead to a chapati dough consistency. I add some water as well to make a soft dough.
- Heat oil for deep frying.In the muruku press, put the dough. When the oil is hot, press down directly as murukus.
- Cook on medium flame to ensure the muruku is cooked well.
- I made the muruku in 6 batches.
- Ensure sago soaks in buttermilk well and is soft or else it will burst when you press it down in hot oil.
- I was not sure if I was to grind Β½ cup fried gram to flour or use Β½ cup fried gram flour.Β So I floured Β½ cup fried gram to powder.Β Going thru everyones recipes, looks like I should have used Β½ cup powder instead. I used my spice/coffee grinder to powder fried gram.
- Reading fellow ICC members post, I noticed that some of them added 50 gms of curd + the butter milk that was used to soak the sagu. Β Something to try the next time I make these murukus.
- Also, reading from the comment here and looking at the fellow ICC members recipe pictures, my dough does look very dry. Β Had I made it softer, perhaps I would have gotten a nice shape! π
- Cook on medium to ensure even cooking.
kanthi says
Lovely muruku, got a new recipe from you..
Namitha says
They look perfect and yumm..guess you enjoyed the challenge
Nisha says
Your muruku looks great.
Srivalli says
Glad that you finally did make it!..:)
Nutan says
Thanks for visiting my blog. Loved your blog and muruku pics. I will be following you.
Thanks stopping by and for following my blog, Nutan!
Swathi says
Your muruku looks really good.
PS says
yummy muruku.. my first time here.. you have a nice space. glad to follow you..
Jayasri says
Lovely Murukku, looks very crispy and nice, you have a lovely space...., first time here.
Manju Rajender says
Any how we are going to eat only after breaking them or π I see that the murukku dough you prepared is very dry...If you have mixed with little more water they would have come out in perfect shape....But whats there in the shape...only taste matters girl!!! Wonderful effort π
You are right manju.. I think I should have added some more water to the dough, to make it softer... I was blaming my muruku press for the shape and how unpractical the press was... This was my first attempt at murukulu... never made them before...