Sorry, this was meant to be posted yesterday but I was out shopping and celebrating my 7th wedding anniversary. :). This dish instantly takes me back to childhood days when Ma and Grand-Ma used to make this as breakfast and evening snacks for me and my sister. There would always be a fight on who gets a bigger portion and a debate whether to have it with ripe banana or ripe plantains.It tastes equally good by itself too. This dish is a Keralan specialty but its equally popular in other Southern states of India too.
Ingredients:
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 1 Cups Red Rice Flour like "Brahmins"(Available at Indian stores)
- 1/2 Cup Fresh or Frozen Grated Coconut
- 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar/Granulated White Sugar or less(depends on how sweet you want it)
- 2 tbsp Ghee(Clarified butter) or butter
- 3 tbsp Cashew
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
- A pinch of Salt
- Steamed Rice Cake Maker(Puttu Maker) or Any steamer
- Fry the cashews with a tbsp of Ghee. Set aside.
- Mix salt and the rice flour in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle water to the powder, little by little. The flour should get barely coated with water to facilitate steaming.Should resemble a coarse meal. Do not make it soggy.
- If using Puttu Maker: Add a little grated coconut to the bottom of the Puttu Maker and small scoop full of moist flour. Alternate with coconut and rice flour and top it with grated coconut.
- If using any flat steamer: Mix the coconut and moist flour and add it to the top portion of the steamer vessel.
- Steam the contents for about 10-12 minutes.The steamed puttu would look like this if made using a puttu maker-
- Remove the steamed Puttu to a bowl and mix it with a tbsp of Ghee, roasted nuts and brown sugar.
- Serve warm by itself or with ripe banana/plantain, Strawberries like in the previous picture.
Enjoy!
My fav always....Super looking puttu Lassie..Happy Anniversary wishes to you...
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteGive us puttu day and night!:-D
Very interesting dish, very new to me..
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary to you n your hubby!
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Happy anniversary dear....
ReplyDeletehappy anniversary...new dish for me..looks awesome n colorful...a must try..thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteBelated Anniversary wishes! May you guys have many many more together!
ReplyDeleteI love puttu! I dont use the puttu kutti, instead chirata (coconut shell) :)
Healthy n yummy puttu..my fav too..Happy anniversary...
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary CL :-) puttu is a family fav and the red rice flour is the best :-)
ReplyDeleteFirst Happy Anniversary. I saw that on fb too! I hope your day was enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteThis dish looks delightful. I always learn something new when I visiti your blog.
I say forget portions when it comes to things this delicious..just have two! What a unique dessert!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your anniversary. Hope you have many, many more.
ReplyDeleteThe dish looks fantastic. Bravo!
Super Puttu Lassie !! I don't know whether you read my comment of FB we got married on the same day and same year !!!
ReplyDeleteBelated best wishes for you.This looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteu know i hated puttu whn i was in India and then we came here, and suddenly all these weird craving for everything Indian just used to flood through. Now we have it occasionally..
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very new dish to me. Interesting.
tempting puttu with ghee and brown sugar...yummy! loved the shape of it in the first picture :)
ReplyDeleteMy fav...would love eat them right away :) so fresh and soft :)
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary CL..Very tempting and delicious puttu..
ReplyDeleteHope you had great time on your Anniversary.
ReplyDeleteI just want to grab puttu right away.
Velva, Rachana, Aipi -- Glad to know that you guys find this new recipe interesting. :). It is an insanely great tasting food.
ReplyDelete@AnOpenBook:It happens. We all always wish for things we don't have often.
ReplyDelete@Sanyukta: yes you should give this a try and then you would want this all the time.
ReplyDeleteYummy puttu. The puttu maker makes me so thrilled always. But I have never dared to try one. Your post is making me eager to give it a try :)
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteYummy puttu...i love it...
Sameena@
www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
Hi,
ReplyDeleteYummy puttu...i love it...
Sameena@
www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
Happy anniversary! Wonderful dish. It sounds very delicious. Love your rice steamer...got to get me one:)
ReplyDeletebelated happy anniversary to you and your husband! sweets look delicious.
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