Jantikalu/ Murukulu

Jantikalu/ Murukulu

My mom used to make this in our summer holidays so that we don’t bug her entiire day to make something to eat . She used to make them in large quantities and different varieties. I had a kitchen set when I was in primary school  . So I and my friends used to play with kitchen set and pretend as if we are cooking something using these jantikalu aka murukulu. We Also had Moori mixture and gavvalu  as our other ingredients . Huhh !! Miss those carefree days . I still have a toy from my kitchen set . Just saved it so that I can show to my kids  . Here is the recipe for jantikalu

INGREDIENTS :-

Chick pea Flour/Senagapindi :- 2 cups

Rice Flour/ Biyyapindi :- 1 cup

Chilli powder :- as desired

Salt :- as desired

Sesame seeds/Nuvvulu ;- 1/ 2 cup

Cumin Seeds/jeera ;- 2 teaspoons

Water ;- to make dough

Oil:- for deep frying

Jantikalu Machine :- The one in second photo. Its hand pumped machine . I got this from a fair in hyderabad. Its available anywhere. But you will definitely need this

METHOD :-

1. Mix all ingredients except oil to make stiff dough, same consistency as we make for chapathi.
2. Heat oil in a pan
3. Stuff the machine with dough and press hard to get desirable shapes directly into the heating oil. Careful with the oil  . Make sure your hands are not wet.
4. Fry them until they turn little brown.
5. Store them, they can be eaten for more than a week