Recipe of Award-winning Puttu - Steamed Rice Cake

Puttu - Steamed Rice Cake. Little Chef Kicha preparing Puttu (Kerala's traditional Break fast) for Ellen. (Steamed Rice Cake). He also prepared the same for Ellen in her show "Ellen. Puttu is a popular breakfast dish of Kerala.

It is often eaten for breakfast, served with coffee or hot chocolate. Some people also like to grate coconut over it or to eat it with dinugan, a pork blood stew. Kerala Style Puttu Recipe are piping hot steamed rice cakes with coconut and usually paired with a gorgeous Kerala style egg roast or Kadala Curry. You can have Puttu - Steamed Rice Cake using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Puttu - Steamed Rice Cake

1. It's 2 of Puttu podi (Rice flour).
2. It's ½ Cup of Coconut Grated.
3. It's of Salt.
4. You need of Water.

Keep the filled puttu kutti on the top of the puttu maker and allow it to steam. Allow the Ragi Puttu to to steam until you notice steam coming through. Puttu aka "rice steamed cake" is one of Kerala's traditional breakfast item. Drain the water completely and dry the wet rice in a cool place and grind it to coarse powder.

Puttu - Steamed Rice Cake instructions

1. Add a pinch of salt to the Puttu podi and mix well..
2. Add water little by little to this and mix well till the powder becomes wet. It should not change to dough. It should either resemble bread crumbs or when you clasp a handful of flour and leave it, it should not break. Make sure there are no lumps. Leave this for 10 mins..
3. To fill Puttu-kutti (Mould/Maker), first put 1-2 tsp of grated coconut. Then add 2 handful of puttu flour and again add 1-2 tsp coconut and continue to make layers till the mould is full. Make sure the last layer is of grated coconut. Cover the mould with the lid..
4. Fill water in Puttu-kodam (Pot). Place Puttu-kutti on top of Puttu-kodam. Keep it on high-flame..
5. Within 3-4 minutes, the steam starts escaping from the holes on top of the puttu-kutti. Reduce the flame and leave for 6-7 mins..
6. Serve hot..

Putu bambu is an Indonesian steamed rice cake originating from the Tamil puttu. It consists of rice flour stuffed with palm sugar and steamed in Bamboo tubes and then topped with grated coconut and a sprinkle of sugar. It is quite similar to Putu Piring or Kueh Tutu or Kueh Putu Mangkok in Malaysia and. Puttu is mainly a breakfast dish of steamed cylinders of ground rice layered with coconut; It is also served as evening snack or supper. Nowadays, there are various types of puttu powders available like white rice powder, red rice powder, ragi powder, corn powder and wheat powder.