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Puttu Maker
Puttu is a famous Kerala dish. I have prepared puttu with the help of a puttu maker, a steamer used to cook puttu. Those who don’t have puttu maker, no need to worry! We can prepare it in the idli cooker itself. Puttu maker is of two parts: one is the base portion look like a pot and the second portion is the top one look like cylindrical pipe.
This is how the puttu maker looks like.
Here I have presented two types of puttu, one is rice flour puttu and the other is Ragi Puttu.
Rice Flour Puttu
The main ingredient for preparing puttu is rice flour. Rice flour can be prepared at home specially for puttus or otherwise we can buy puttu flour from stores. Puttu flour bought from stores absorbs water a little more than the home made rice flour.
To prepare puttu flour at home, take necessary amount of raw rice (pacharisi) and soak it in water for about 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain the excess water and spread the wet rice in a clean cloth and let it dry under sun or fan for about half an hour. Grind it in a mixie or a food processor without adding water a little coarse and its now ready to prepare puttu. Home made puttu flour, when cooked will be soft and look whitish.
If you have prepared large amount of flour, dry roast the grinded flour in a pan until it turns little red in color and let it to dry under fan a few minutes and then store it in an airtight container. You can use this puttu flour whenever you require.
Ingredients:
Rice flour – 2 cups
Coconut – ½ shell (finely grate it)
Sugar – to taste
Salt - to taste
Cooking Instructions:
Add ¼ tsp of salt or as u require in the flour and mix it well and now add water little by little slowly and mix well. The flour after adding water should be in the bread crumbs state and should not like the dough and should be wet enough for steaming.
Add a little amount of flour in the puttu maker and add a little amount of grated coconut and add a little amount of sugar. Repeat this stack until the top of the puttu maker. Now close the lid. (Instead of adding like this three layers repeatedly, you can just fill the rice flour itself completely and after it is finished cooking, you can add grated coconut and sugar to it and mix well and then can serve it. this is how I prepare at home.)
Fill half of the base portion of puttu maker with water and fix the cylindrical pipe on that base pot portion and let it cook for 7 minutes in simmer flame. When it is finished cooking, remove the cylindrical portion and push the flour with a stick provided with the puttu maker.
Ragi Puttu
Ragi Flour (purchased from groceries) – 2 cups
Coconut – ½ shell (finely grate it)
Sugar – to taste
Salt - to taste
Cooking Instructions:
It is as similar as preparing rice flour puttu. Instead of filling rice flour, we are going to add ragi flour. This ragi puttu tastes great than rice puttu.
You can eat this puttu as it is without side dish also. Children love this, especially ragi puttu.
Side Dish: Coconut Milk with Sugar, Kondaikadalai Curry, bananas.
Hope you all know that an "Event for Icecreams and Milkshakes" is going in my blog and there is just one week more to reach the deadline. Please send in ur entries on or before 25th of August.
Puttu Maker
Puttu is a famous Kerala dish. I have prepared puttu with the help of a puttu maker, a steamer used to cook puttu. Those who don’t have puttu maker, no need to worry! We can prepare it in the idli cooker itself. Puttu maker is of two parts: one is the base portion look like a pot and the second portion is the top one look like cylindrical pipe.
This is how the puttu maker looks like.
Here I have presented two types of puttu, one is rice flour puttu and the other is Ragi Puttu.
Rice Flour Puttu
The main ingredient for preparing puttu is rice flour. Rice flour can be prepared at home specially for puttus or otherwise we can buy puttu flour from stores. Puttu flour bought from stores absorbs water a little more than the home made rice flour.
To prepare puttu flour at home, take necessary amount of raw rice (pacharisi) and soak it in water for about 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain the excess water and spread the wet rice in a clean cloth and let it dry under sun or fan for about half an hour. Grind it in a mixie or a food processor without adding water a little coarse and its now ready to prepare puttu. Home made puttu flour, when cooked will be soft and look whitish.
If you have prepared large amount of flour, dry roast the grinded flour in a pan until it turns little red in color and let it to dry under fan a few minutes and then store it in an airtight container. You can use this puttu flour whenever you require.
Ingredients:
Rice flour – 2 cups
Coconut – ½ shell (finely grate it)
Sugar – to taste
Salt - to taste
Cooking Instructions:
Add ¼ tsp of salt or as u require in the flour and mix it well and now add water little by little slowly and mix well. The flour after adding water should be in the bread crumbs state and should not like the dough and should be wet enough for steaming.
Add a little amount of flour in the puttu maker and add a little amount of grated coconut and add a little amount of sugar. Repeat this stack until the top of the puttu maker. Now close the lid. (Instead of adding like this three layers repeatedly, you can just fill the rice flour itself completely and after it is finished cooking, you can add grated coconut and sugar to it and mix well and then can serve it. this is how I prepare at home.)
Fill half of the base portion of puttu maker with water and fix the cylindrical pipe on that base pot portion and let it cook for 7 minutes in simmer flame. When it is finished cooking, remove the cylindrical portion and push the flour with a stick provided with the puttu maker.
Ragi Puttu
Ragi Flour (purchased from groceries) – 2 cups
Coconut – ½ shell (finely grate it)
Sugar – to taste
Salt - to taste
Cooking Instructions:
It is as similar as preparing rice flour puttu. Instead of filling rice flour, we are going to add ragi flour. This ragi puttu tastes great than rice puttu.
You can eat this puttu as it is without side dish also. Children love this, especially ragi puttu.
Side Dish: Coconut Milk with Sugar, Kondaikadalai Curry, bananas.
Comments
thanks sangeeth! u can do it with idli cooker!
Congrats for all ur awards, and thanks for thinking about me....sorry for the late reply
thanks priti!
Thanks for sharing the recipe