Puttu is a rice flour and coconut based dish which is popular among Keralites (south Indians). Puttu is made by adding water to rice flour (red rice or white rice) until the desired texture is achieved. This is in turn placed in a cylindrical mould (Puttu kutti in Malayalam) in layers alternating with shredded coconut, which is then steamed.
It is usually made using red/white parboiled rice. I used red rice since i feel it is the healthier and tastier option.As a child i was never too fond of Puttu, but it was made almost every Sunday. It was made with ready made puttu powder mix or using rice flour which never gave a great taste to the puttu.
Very recently i tasted extremely fluffy and tasty Puttu made using red parboiled rice and i loved it. Though it is a slightly longer procedure to make Puttu from scratch as compared to using ready made mix, i feel the taste perfectly justifies the effort.
Puttu (Steamed Rice Crumble Cake)
Author: Asha
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- Red parboiled rice (Kerala matta rice), 150 grams (3/4 cup)
- Water, 2 tbspns
- Grated coconut, 1 cup + 3 tbspns
- Salt, ⅛ tsp
- Sugar, 3 tbspns
Instructions
- Clean and soak the rice overnight.
- Drain the water and spread the rice on a kitchen towel.
- Allow it to dry a bit (for about 5 mins) but ensure it retains a bit of the moisture, else the rice will not grind well in mixer-blender.
- Grind the rice till it is very mildly coarse.
- Mix the rice powder, sugar, salt and 3 tbspns of grated coconut.
- Sprinkle 4 tbspns of water on this and mix well.
- The mixture will be crumbly. Keep the mix aside for 10-15 mins.
- Take the puttu mould or any perforated container and place 3 tbspns of shredded coconut followed by 8 tbspns of the puttu mix.
- Repeat this process till the mould is full. Top off the mould with shredded coconut.
- Steam the puttu for 10 mins.
- Serve hot with sugar and chopped banana.
Notes
Do not beat the rice too much as it may get lumpy.
Dry roast the puttu mix if you are plan to store the rice powder for future use. However, Puttu tastes the best when it is freshly ground and made.]
If you do not have puttu mould you can use any perforated steel container to steam Puttu.
Dry roast the puttu mix if you are plan to store the rice powder for future use. However, Puttu tastes the best when it is freshly ground and made.]
If you do not have puttu mould you can use any perforated steel container to steam Puttu.
Congrats!
WOW! Looks very good 🙂
Interesting method… Actually one of my cousins were talking about this way to make puttu… One doubt I have is… if we are planning to make the puttu immediately, dont we have to dry roast it at all?
Nope..no need to dry roast it since its for immediate consumption. If it has to be stored for consumption later then i guess you have to dry roast the ground rice.
Yummy puttu,Asha..making puttu from scratch tastes the best,I always tried this when I was in India..but here it isn't possible and depend on store brought version:)
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