Category: Breakfast, Vegetarian Recipes
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
Yields:
4 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
Cook Time:
8 Mins
“Puttu” is a kind of steamed rice cake made with coarsely ground rice flour, salt, grated coconut and water. In olden times, puttu used to be made in bamboo logs, which gave the dish a lovely aroma.
You need a puttu maker (called puttu kudam) to make puttu. It consists of a base vessel for heating water and a top cylindrical part used for making puttu.
Here is a healthier and nutritious version of puttu using oats flour instead of rice flour.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Take 2 cups oats flour (I used the Brahmins ready to use oats puttu flour) in a large bowl. Add salt as required and mix well.
- Now sprinkle about 1 cup of water over the flour, a little at a time and mix with your finger tips. It should form into lumps but when you break, it should crumble easily. Keep the mixed flour aside for about 10 minutes.
- Heat the base vessel with 2 to 3 cups of water. Fill only half of the vessel with water and let if come to a boil.
- Place the perforated disc at the bottom of the cylindrical vessel. First add in about 2 tbsp of the grated coconut. Spread evenly with a spoon. Next add in about 1/4 cup of the oat mix. Again add in 2 tbsp of coconut and then 1/4 cup of the oats. Cover the top portion with some grated coconut and spread evenly with the help of a spoon. Close the lid of the cylindrical tube.
- Place the cylindrical tube on top of the base vessel and steam puttu for about 7 to 8 minutes.
- Remove the cylindrical tube from the base vessel and let puttu cool for 2 to 3 minutes. Then, gently push the puttu with the help of a wooden ladle onto a plate.
- Traditionally, puttu is served with kadala or brown chickpeas and bananas.