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Sweet rice flour puttu

Puttu is a popular breakfast dish or evening snack in South India especially in Kerala and Tamilnadu. Rice flour puttu is made by steaming rice flour and grated coconut. Puttu is frequently served with various breakfast dishes, such as papadum, plantain, fish curry, jackfruit, mango, chicken curry and kadala curry. In some areas of Kerala people eat puttu accompanied by sweet black coffee. In Tamil Nadu it is served with grated coconut with jaggery made of palm or sugar cane, or with sweetened coconut milk.

Sweet rice flour puttu

Ingredients:

      • 2 cups – Rice flour
      • 1/2 cup – Coconut grated
      • 2 tbsp – Sugar (as needed)
      • Salt as needed
      • Water as needed
      • 2 tsp – Ghee
      • Cashew nuts for garnishing(optional)

Sweet rice flour puttu process

Sweet rice flour puttu

Preparation method:

  1. Heat ghee in a pan, fry cashew nuts and grated coconut separately until golden brown color and set aside.
  2. Take a mixing bowl, add rice flour and required salt to it, mix well. Sprinkle one tbsp of water at a time to the flour and mix gently.
  3. The flour should look slightly crumbly texture as shown above.Transfer this to idly cooker / puttu maker and steam it for 10 mins or until well cooked. Allow them to cool.
  4. Take a mixing bowl, add cooked rice flour, fried coconut, fried cashew nuts and enough sugar and mix well. Sweet rice flour puttu is ready for serving.

Sweet rice flour puttu

Notes:

  • Frying cashew nuts and coconut is completely optional but it tastes good if you add it.
  • You can use idly cooker with or without cloth, puttu maker.
  • You can also use crushed cardamom if preferred.

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Comments (7)

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    # July 24, 2012 at 8:32 PM
    i like rice flour puttu looks wonderful
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    # July 25, 2012 at 3:18 AM
    lovely presention... tempting puttu...
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    PT
    # July 25, 2012 at 3:29 AM
    my fav breakfast..
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    # July 25, 2012 at 4:43 AM
    wow.. my most favorite... i ll had this as breakfast,lunch n dinner... that much i love it...
    VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA
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    # July 25, 2012 at 6:52 AM
    delicious breakfast.. very neat presentation.
    http://www.indiantastyfoodrecipes.com
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    # September 6, 2012 at 1:29 AM
    Luv puttu any day. This is a novel way of making and presenting puttu. I'm sherin ur newest follower. KU the good work

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