Puttu | Kerala Breakfast

Puttu is a popular breakfast dish in Kerala Cuisine. Hot steaming Puttu served with spicy hot Kadala Curry is every Malayalee’s favorite. Every Keralite loves loves it and is regarded one of the healthiest breakfast option. Besides Kerala, regions in Tamil Nadu and neighboring Pondicherry also take pride in cooking Puttu. Many historians also suggest that Puttu dish may have originated in Tamil Nadu though there is no sufficient evidence to prove so. A dish termed ‘sungapitha’, similar in taste and looks to Puttu is prevalent in the region of Assam. Puttu dish is a traditional dish prepared by steaming rice flour with layered coconut. Apart from kadala curries, you can also relish the dish with egg roast and similar egg dishes. I love to have bananas with Puttu. Whenever I am in stock of ripe bananas, I go for my hearty Kerala Breakfast Recipe.

We prepare Puttu in a small vessel termed ‘puttu maker’ available at all stores. We layer some grated coconut in the bottom and fill with water sprinkled damp rice flour. There is a process of sprinkling water and it should not exceed the preferred limit. Traditionally puttu was prepared in bamboo logs and it gave the dish a wonderful flavor and aroma. Puttu is a wholesome and heavy breakfast and makes you thrive through the day with required energy and stamina. Appam rice flour is different from Puttu flour and is not coarse. Traditionally puttu powder was prepared at home itself from raw rice. Puttu Podi is coarsely ground rice flour. The ground rice flour has to be roasted lightly till you see steam coming from the flour. It is long process and now thanks to recent developments. Puttu podi is available at all stores. You can explore a well detailed Puttu recipe here.

Puttu Kerala Breakfast

Puttu kerala Breakfast Dish

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Cuisine Kerala

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  

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• 1/2 kg Raw Rice Pachari
• 1/2 of Coconut
• Water to sprinkle
• Salt As reqd

Instructions

 

• Soak rice in water for 4 hrs.
• Leave it to drain and grind it to make fine powder.
• Heat the powder for 5 minutes. While heating it, keep on stirring.
• Keep the fried powder to cool.
• Mix salt with water and sprinkle this to the powdered rice just to make the powder wet(do not put a lot of water).
• For making puttu, use PUTTUKUTTI. Put a handful of grated coconut in the puttu kutty and then put rice powder till half followed by another handful of grated coconut. This is done till the top. Close the lid and steam it for 2 minutes.
• Note : Instead of making puttu powder, you can use rice flour (1 cup) instead and follow the same procedure to make it.
• :- Serve puttu hot.
• :- Best combination for puttu is with kadala (chana) curry.
• :- Puttu is a favorite breakfast in kerala. Puttu is also very easy to make. Now a days you can get puttu powder ready made in all the stores.

Notes

You can visit this link Soft Wheat Puttu. You can also visit this link Banana Puttu.

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