Puttu, a traditional breakfast recipe from Kerala, a South Indian state, is an easy, vegan, and gluten-free delicacy. I have explained the recipe with step-wise instructions.
What is puttu
Puttu is a popular breakfast dish made basically using just rice flour though there are lots of varieties made using ragi, corn, and wheat flour. It is steamed using a special equipment named puttu kutti. It is either steamed over a pot of water or on the nozzle of the pressure cooker. This is usually served with kadala curry. In some regions of Kerala, it is served with papadum and green gram stir fry. For non-vegetarian lovers, you can have it with chicken curry.
How to make Kerala puttu
Ingredients used
Method
Making puttu is easy and tricky too. If water is not sufficient, then it will not be cooked and if you add in surplus, then it will be clumpy. So the crucial thing is to add water little by little and mix using your hands. I have tried to explain in step-wise pictures for you guys.
Place the pressure cooker with 3 cups of water and close it with its lid. Take all the ingredients in a bowl. Once you mix the rice flour, salt along water, add grated coconut to the base of the puttu maker, layer it with rice flour, then finish it with grated coconut. Place it on the nozzle of the pressure cooker. Cook for 5 minutes or until you see the steam through the holes of the puttu maker.
What to serve
Serve it with kadala curry. You can also serve with chicken curry. Don’t miss the black tea to have along with this delicious breakfast.
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Recipe for making Puttu
Ingredients
Rice flour – 1 cup
Salt – 1 Teaspoon
Grated Coconut – As required
Warm Water – 1 ½ to 2 cups of water
Method
- Take rice flour, 2 teaspoons of grated coconut, and salt in a bowl.
- Add warm water little by little till the flour looks crumbled.
- Heat a pressure cooker with 3 cups of water. Close it with the lid.
- In the puttu maker add the grated coconut, then the crumbled flour, and finish it off with grated coconut.
- Keep it on the cooker valve where pressure releases.
- Cook for 5 minutes till you see the vapor release through the holes of the puttu maker.
- Demold it to the plate.
- Serve warm with your preferred sides.
- To know the flour is ready when you hold tight in your hand, it will hold and when you crumble it crumbles again.
Notes
- To know the flour is ready when you hold tight in your hand, it will hold and when you crumble it crumbles again.
- You get the whole puttu maker like this.
Puttu – Steamed rice cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Rice flour
- Grated coconut As required
- Salt As required
- 2 Cups Warm water
Instructions
- Take rice flour, 2 teaspoons of grated coconut, and salt in a bowl.
- Add warm water little by little till the flour looks crumbled.
- Heat a pressure cooker with 3 cups of water. Close it with the lid.
- In the puttu maker add the grated coconut, then the crumbled flour, and finish it off with grated coconut.
- Keep it on the cooker valve where pressure releases.
- Cook for 5 minutes till you see the vapor release through the holes of the puttu maker.
- Demold it to the plate.
- Serve warm with your preferred sides.
Notes
- To know the flour is ready when you hold tight in your hand, it will hold and when you crumble it crumbles again.
- You get the whole puttu maker like this.
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It is referred to as concrete . The combination of rice puttu and kadala curry is referred to as concrete as it takes a long time for the tummy to digest it. It is the favorite breakfast of soccer ⚽️ players from Kerala.
I totally agree. If we have puttu kadala curry for breakfast, then unless you do sever physical work, it is done for the day. Its our favorite too.
An ultimate breakfast! Don’t need a lunch that day???
?? True on that day it will be mostly late lunch or early dinner for us??
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I’d love to try this one..!!
Thank you?…do try and let me know how it turns?
The ultimate combo!!
I personally love this combo?
Lovely share! Had it once with banana, and loved it 🙂
Thank you Freda?..ya there are various sides accompanied with this dish?
Oooooh yummy! I would love some of that right now, Lathi!
I wish I could pass it on to you?.. else you are always welcome to our place??… Thank you so much dear?
Amazing! We have something similar back home and we call it ‘puto’! 🙂
That’s really interesting.?.. another amazing blogger friend too shared this information… blogging helps us to share such interesting information…?Thank you?
Actually, I should not be surprised as I’m aware a lot of Sanskrit words had made their way into the different Philippine languages (many Philippine islands had been under the Srivijayan and Majapahit empires). But it delights me still the same 🙂
Oh… if I’m not wrong, I have known that vast Indian roots along Indonesia and many other regions… thanks for sharing your knowledge?.. maybe still more surprises that we are unaware??
Our steamed rice cake is called puto. Now I wonder if its origin is from India 🙂 We also put cheese on top of it 🙂
That’s really interesting information??.. I think there are lots of similar recipes all over with a little tweaking to their taste…all credits to ancient travellers?… thanks for sharing this information?
I’ve never tried this! It looks very delicious ?
Thank you Divya?…do try when possible?.. you will love it
My favourite… yummy..
?Thank you
Wow, never knew that this is cooked on top of the pressure cooker valve with the steam!!
There are two types Archana…one puttu maker have pot of its own, another we can keep it on cooker valve?
Looks very nice? I almost feel to have one of it for my Breakfast
Thank you?
We encourage cooking, sharing and enjoying cuisine around the world ?
That’s really appreciating.?..As the technology grows we are able to know about different cuisines from all over the world?