6 Home made Murukku | Jantikalu | Chakralu |snacks recipes ideas for  kids | Easy South Indian style  snacks ideas for kids !!!
    South Indian evening snacks are easy to make and best to store them in containers.  Instead of burgers and pastry's try these home made tasty snacks items . Andhra style  murukulu or jantikalu aka chakralu are crunchy and tasty snacks .Especially children are fond of these crispy snacks. Here  I am sharing 6 varieties of murukulu aka jantikalu . The first one is basic style of south Indian murukulu or jantikalu.

• Rice Flour - 2 cups
• Gram Flour  ( Besan ) - 1 cup
• Salt - 2 tsps or as per taste
• Water - as needed
• Red chili  powder - 1 tbsp
• Sesame seeds ( nuvvulu ) - 1 tbsp 
• Butter or ghee - 2 tsps
• Oil for frying

1. Take a large bowl or basin. Mix the rice flour, gram flour  melted butter , red chili powder ,salt and sesame seeds by slowly pouring the water. Make a soft dough.The consistency of dough should not be more watery or hard.Taste  if salt is enough before deep frieng.
2. Heat  enough  oil in a pan  for deep fry . Take a Murukku press (savoi press ) and grease oil inside of the press.
3. Fill the press with dough  and squeeze out rounds into the hot oil.
4. Fry them on both sides  until a little golden brown color.  
5. Remove from oil with a slotted ladle and place them on paper napkin to absorb the excess oil.
6. Repeat the same for the rest of the dough. 
7.  Store in an airtight container after cool.

• Rice flour -2 cups
• Urad dal - 1/2 cup
• Onions - 2
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Salt - 2 tsps or as needed
• Cumin - 2 tsps
• Cooking soda - 1/2 tsp
• Red chili powder -1 tbsp

1. Dry roast the urad dal in a pan and grind after cool and set aside.
2. Grind the onions in the mixer and make a fine paste. 
3. In a wide vessel or basin combine the rice flour, urad dal flour, cumin ( jeera) powder,salt,red chili powder and cooking soda.
4. Now add butter and onion paste to the above mix by adding water slowly to make a soft dough.
5. In a kadai heat the oil for deep frying.
6. Take a murukku /jantikalu press and grease oil inside.
7. Fill with dough and squeeze out rounds into the oil.
8. Fry till it turns golden brown in color.
9. Remove the murukku from hot oil and place it on a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
10. Repeat this step until there is no dough left.
11. Store in an airtight jar.

• Rice flour - 2 cups
•  Peanuts ( Ground nuts ) - 1 cup
• Sesame seeds ( nuvvulu ) - 1 tbsp
• Ajwain  (vaamu) - 1 tsp
• Red chili powder - 1tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

1. Dry roast the peanuts in a pan and remove the skin. Grind it like a fine powder.
2. In a bowl mix the rice flour, peanut powder, sesame seeds, ajwain, red chili powder  and salt 
3. Add water to make a smooth dough dough.
4. Heat oil in a pan .
5. Fill the dough in murukku press and squeeze out murukku dough to the hot oil.
6. Deep fry both sides of the murukku in hot oil , until it turns golden brown.
7. Repeat the same process until there is no dough left.
8. Drain the murukkus on paper towel to absorb the oil.
9. Store i an airtight container.

•  Rice flour - 1 cup
• Sago powder -1/2 cup 
• Cumin - 1 tsp
• Red chili powder - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• OIl for deep fry

1. In a large vessel combine sago powder, rice flour, salt, red chili powder, cumin seeds
2. Add 2 tea spoons hot oil to the mix.
3. Add water and mix thorouly to make a soft dough.
4. Fill the dough in murukku press and press it in hot oil and deep fry until golden brown.
5. Remove from oil and place them on a paper towel.
6.  Allow to cool.Store them in an airtight container

1. Moong dal - 1 cup
2. Rice flour - 2 cups
3.  Butter - 1 tbsp 
4. Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Oil for frying

1. Dry roast the moong dal in a pan. Allow to cool.Grind in a mixer jar to make a fine powder.
2. Combine the rice flour, moong dal powder , butter ,red chili powder and salt by adding water to make a soft dough.
3. Take the murukku press  and fill it with dough.
4. Press the murukku in hot oil and fry till golde.
5. Drain them on the kitchen towel.
6. Store them in container..

•  Rice flour - 2 cups
• Urad dal ( Minapa pappu ) - 1 cup
• Butter or ghee - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Red chili powder - 1 tbsp
• Asafoetida  9 hing) powder - 1 tsp ( optional)
• Oil to deep fry

1. Dry roast the urad dal in a pan and make a fine powder after cool.
2. In a pan combine the rice flour,urad dal powder, butter, salt ,asafoetida, red chili powder and mix well.
3. Add water gradually to make a soft dough.
4. Now heat oil in a pan .
5. Fill the dough in murukku press gently in the hot oil.
6. Fry both sides of the murukku  until golden .
7. Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.
8. Drain them on the kitchen towel.
9. Let them cool completely.
10. Store them in an airtight container .
11. Serve the murukku with tea.