Today I made Puttu and vegetable Puttu for breakfast as my brother was at home. My children and husband do not like this item so for making it only for me, i do not take much trouble. Since my brother likes it, I thought I am getting a chance to eat this.
Puttu is one of Kerala’s traditional breakfast item that is usually served with Banana, pappadam, sugar or Kadala curry (Black Chana Curry). This dish is one of the favorite breakfast in Kerala which is also very easy to make. We get ready made puttu powder in almost all malayali/tamil stores. We can make this in the idli vessel, coconut shell etc. The champa rice puttu podi (puttu flour ) is very tasty in fact. It is a simple and easy to make dish.
Puttu is steamed in a vessel specially designed for this, consisting of one bottom vessel for filling water, one cylindrical shape top portion, a perforated plate and a cover with hole in it to escape the steam while cooking. This vessel can be purchased from any malayali stores or you get the same in Matunga. If you happen to visit Kerala, you can pick one from there.
Here I am giving you the recipe of vegetable puttu as well as the normal puttu. The normal puttu is made with the rice powder and grated fresh coconut and served hot with Kadala curry, pazham (banana) sugar, Papad etc. The vegetable version can be eaten as it is or with coconut chutney, sambar or with any curry of your choice.
Video: Rice Puttu
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