Traditional murukku is everyone’s favourite
GEORGE TOWN: The traditional South Indian savoury snack murukku, is not only a favourite of the Indians but also favoured by the Malays and Chinese.
The Deepavali celebration is not complete without this traditional snack and is usually made by the ladies of the house themselves to ensure quality and taste is maintained for guests to enjoy.
Housewife, R. Sinnamah, 70, said that every year for Deepavali her family members would start making the murukku, a favourite with her children.
“Murukku must be in every home and people like to eat murukku because of its crunchiness. I will make it myself so that I can add more ingredients in keeping with our family’s preferred taste. Besides, children and guests who come to celebrate with us regardless whether they are Malays, Chinese or Indians will look for my murukku first.
“Usually a month or two weeks before Deepavali we will start making it. I always make the murukku with my children and sometimes even the neighbours have come over to help out,” she told Bernama.
Using ingredients such as rice flour, black gram flour, ‘biji lemuju,’ cumin seeds, sesame seeds, butter and a pinch of salt, she said murukku was easy to make because the ingredients were easy to obtain.
Sinnamah said, apart from serving the murukku on Deepavali day, she also makes it to be given to the public through a non-governmental organisation of which she is a member.
For the past 10 years, the organisation had been distributing food to the needy and this year they decided to distribute snacks like muruku and ‘kerepek’ to two prisons in George Town and Jawi Seberang Perai Selatan, said the mother of two.
She said muruku was not just a favourite snack but was even able to foster unity and forge closer ties between the races when it was produced and consumed together. – Bernama