Puttu - Steamed Rice Flour Cake

By shriya on May 12, 2008 in Breakfast Menu

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Puttu is one of the most famous breakfast dishes in kerala (southern part of India). Its one of my favorite too. Its been a very long time since I had tasted puttu. Now that my Mother-In-law is here visiting us. she made this for us. I always thought puttu can be made only with puttu kutti (puttu maker). I’ve now learnt how to make this without the help of a tool and with simple kitchen items. Its a very easy breakfast to make and could be served at short notice. It’ll serve as a healthy eat as well as take care of the sweet tooth.

I am sending this to EasyCrafts “Think cardamom event”

Ingredients:

Raw Rice : 2 cups
Shredded Coconut: 1/2 cup
Elachi powder/ cardamom powder : 1 tsp
sugar : 1/4 cup ( according to your sweet level)
salt : 2 tsp
water : To sprinkle

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Method of Preparation:

Soak the rice for three hours.
Andleave it in a strainer and let it drain or if u have a thin cloth spread the rice in it or spread it in a plate.
when its dry grind them in a mixer into a fine powder.
Heat the powder in a pan for 5 minutes and keep stirring it while its heating.
Cool the fried powder.
Now add salt in some hot water .
Sprinkle this water into the rice powder and gently fold the rice ( don’t add lots of water ).
Make sure the rice is in powder form and not in dough .
Now steam the rice flour in idli cooker ( put a thin muslin cloth in the idli cooker plate and put the rice flour in it).or you can use puttumaker instead of idli plates.
After that its done remove from heat and transfer it to a bowl.
Add sugar, shredded coconut and elachi/cardamom powder and mix it well.
Serve it hot.

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Note:

You can also use puttumaker for making this. Or If you don’t have one after everything is done, fill a measuring cup full of puttu and make a mould of it like in the picture above to make it look good. Garnish with some shredded coconut , cardamom and saffron.

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20 Comment(s)

Puttu is a favourite with me too…..

Jayashree | May 13, 2008 | Reply
Shriya..Puttu is so pretty…Learn a lot From Your MIL..

Lavi | May 13, 2008 | Reply
Wow…this looks delicious.Your pics are great too.

Homecooked | May 13, 2008 | Reply
Shriya,send me some.I really love puttu a lot.your’s looks so good.

Shri | May 13, 2008 | Reply
i also make sweet putuu with cardamam but i add jaggery instead of sugar…urs loks really delicious …great entry!!!

ranji | May 13, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for participating in the event with this delicious puttu

Easycrafts | May 13, 2008 | Reply
Looks beautiful ur puttu shriya, thanks to share this wonderful recipe

Cham | May 13, 2008 | Reply
Puttu is my favorite too.I made it recently but without the puttumaker as I didnt have one..

Divya Vikram | May 13, 2008 | Reply
looks good…never had this before.

Trupti | May 13, 2008 | Reply
That just looks lovely!

Uma | May 13, 2008 | Reply
i still haven’t had courage to make puttu from scratch. urs look just wonderfully delicious.

sia | May 14, 2008 | Reply
I love Puttu too Sugar + Coconut + Puttu = woah!

Shankar Ganesh | May 14, 2008 | Reply
Never heard of Puttu, but it looks yummmy!!

Siri

Siri | May 14, 2008 | Reply
I’ve seen this before, it always looks so tasty… I would love to try it!

Meeso | May 15, 2008 | Reply
lavi thanks and sure I’ll learn a lot with my MIL and share with you all.

Jayashree thanks for your lovely comment.

Homecooked, shri, siri and cham thanks for your precious comments.

I am glad to participate in your event easycrafts.

I haven’t tasted jaggery added puttu ranji. But I love jaggery must have tastes really good. Next time I’ll try adding it.

Thanks for sharing your comments here trupti, uma, divyavikram and sia.

Welcome to spicy tasty Shankar Ganesh. Thanks for visting my blog. Good to see you here.

It is one tasty dish meeso. sure you will like it.

shriya | May 16, 2008 | Reply
shriya, i have always wanted t o make puttu…ur puttu looks so yummy….:)

sangeeth | May 18, 2008 | Reply
Hi shriya, u sure have a style of presenting ur dishes! try this when u r steaming the rice…mix a little shredded coconut and cardamom powder with the flour before steaming it and if u like it rich then add a little coconut milk when mixing the flour…

Aartee | May 19, 2008 | Reply
Hey aartee thanks a lot for your appreciation. Love to try your tips next time. Thanks for sharing it here.

shriya | May 20, 2008 | Reply
Hey lovely recipe and gorgeous blog dear……you ahve a surprise in my blog…..do visit…:):)

Aditi | May 22, 2008 | Reply
In Indonesia puttu has always been my personal snacks. Back here in indonesia they are sold by travelling cart and the puttu is molded with a small bamboo stick.

handy | Jun 29, 2008 | Reply