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Puttu, Kerala Homemade Rice Puttu for Breakfast
Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024
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Traditionally, Puttu was steamed in coconut shells but now stainless steel puttu steamers are readily available in shops. Puttu can be made in a cup shape or cylindrical shape depending on the container used to steam it.
You just need to make sure that you do not press the flour-mix tightly in the container, but just fill it loosely. If you pack it tightly, there will be no space for air to expand inside the flour and you will end up with hard Puttu.
Serve the Puttu immediately after preparation, with a sweet or savoury side-dish. It tastes great with just jaggery and bananas, or can be served with Kadala Curry .
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Preparation Time
10 Mins
Cooking Time
3 Mins
Total Time
13 Mins
Makes
4 servings
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
1 1/2 cups raw rice (chawal)
salt to taste
8 tbsp freshly grated coconut
For Serving
Method
- Take a coconut shell, with 3 eyes. Break one of the eyes, to create a big hole and keep aside.
- Soak the rice in enough water in a deep bowl and keep aside for 1 hour.
- Drain the water completely using a strainer, and put the rice on a dry muslin cloth and allow it to dry completely for 30 minutes.
- Once dried, put the rice in the mixer and blend it to a fine coarse mixture.
- Put the coarse mixture in the sieve and sieve it. If there are left over rice in the sieve, you can blend it again and sieve it.
- Transfer the sieved flour and salt in a deep bowl, and sprinkle approx. ½ cup of water gradually, to form a mixture like bread crumbs.
- Heat the pressure cooker with enough water, close the lid, do not put the whistle and allow it to boil till the steam comes out from the top.
- Take the coconut shell, put 1 tbsp of coconut, ¼ of the rice mixture, again 1 tbsp of coconut and ¼ cup of rice mixture and spread it evenly. Make sure you do not press it while filling the shell.
- Place this coconut shell over the cooker’s whistle, by inserting it through the hole created, and allow it to cook on a medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes, till you can see the steam coming out of the puttu.
- Repeat step 8 and 9 to make 3 more puttus.
- Remove the shell carefully from the cooker, invert it on a serving plate and serve it immediately with kerala papadum and bananas.
Puttu, Kerala Homemade Rice Puttu for Breakfast recipe with step by step photos
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Nutrient values (Abbrv) per serving
| Energy | 305 cal |
| Protein | 5.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 49.8 g |
| Fiber | 5.5 g |
| Fat | 9.5 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 8.6 mg |
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Jyothi
March 13, 2025, midnight
Is it safe to put the coconut shell on the pressure cooker?? won''t the rice floor block the steaming outlet ??
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi, the coconut shell has holes made that will help it in steaming....
Very nice taste really fentatic
March 13, 2025, midnight
Really fentasti? recipe we can learn cooking easily
sanjeev sunkur
March 13, 2025, midnight
Great thk you for this great recipe
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Sanjeev, thanks for the feedback.
Zeenath
March 13, 2025, midnight
This did not help me. I did not get the information I wanted
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
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Manoj
March 13, 2025, midnight
traditional kerala recipe.. beautifully shown by the images.. I love this recipe.. as it is shown in detail.. and also easy to follow.. Serving it hot is really important.. it tastes the best..
Nav
March 13, 2025, midnight
Kindly provide the details of the weight of the food in grams along with the calories as it is easier to measure it that way.
Heidi C.
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi, I was wondering if you have any o''er suggestions for steaming containers? I don''t have access to coconut shells or have a pressure cooker. Any suggestions would be most welcome. I just spent a month in Kerala and fell in love with the food. Now I''m home in northern California missing the food!
sager singh
March 13, 2025, midnight
very bad it is doesn''t give me the information I needed please kindly improve
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
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