PUTTU

PUTTU

A traditional kerala breakfast. Served with chana (kadala) or cherupayar





THE INGREDIENTS

Raw Rice(Pachari) - 1/2 Kg
Grated Coconut - Half a coconut
Salt - As reqd

THE PREPARATION

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 puttukutty 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.

Instead of making puttu powder, you can use rice flour (1 cup) instead and follow the same procedure to make it.

It is even possible to make puttu in idli pot.