Things You'll Need:
- Butter
- Cumin Seeds
- Flour
- Rice Flour
- Roasted Urad Dhal Flour
- Salt
- Butter
- Flour
- Salt
- Deep-frying Pans
- Flour Sifters
- Salt
- Salt
- Flour
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Step 1
Prepare the kai marukka at home.
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Step 2
Purchase the following ingredients at an Indian market or grocery store: 1/2 kg rice flour; 5 tbsp. roasted urad dhal flour; 5 tbsp. butter; 1 tbsp. cumin seeds; salt; 1kg cooking oil for frying. (This recipe makes 10 pieces; increase the amounts according to the quantity you plan to make.)
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Step 3
Determine how many spirals your kai marukka will have, and their size, to properly reflect your family's standing. (For instance, an affluent bride will give huge kai marukka with 9 to 11 spirals each. A family with a modest income will give ones with five spirals each.)
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Step 4
Form the dough by mixing the rice flour, urad dhal flour, butter and cumin seeds. Add salt to taste.
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Step 5
Take a handful of the dough and flatten it out into a rope. Then curve the rope into a small spiral, starting at the center and working outward, until you have created the effect you desire.
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Step 6
Attach a new rope of dough to the end of the old one if the lump of dough you are using runs short, and continue to wind it around the existing pastry until you have the size you want.
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Step 7
Repeat the process for each kai marukka until you have used up all of the dough.
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Step 8
Deep-fry the spirals in a "kuali" of oil until golden-brown on both sides.
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Step 9
Allow them to cool before wrapping them to give.
