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Indian Recipe: Sweet Puttu
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Puttu is a specialty in Sri Lanka and Kerala (South India). It is a steamed rice cake which is a favourite breakfast for many.
Ingredients for Sweet Puttu:
- 1 cup Rice flour
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- 50g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 cardomom
- oil for frying
Directions for making Sweet Puttu:
- Dry roast 400g of rice and powder it finely.
- Heat equal quantity of water to lukewarm, add a pinch of salt and 1/4 tsp
turmeric powder.
- Pour this water into the powdered rice and mix into a paste.
- Steam this paste in a pressure cooker fully until you get 4-5 whistles.
- To 50 ml water add 1/2 kg jaggery, 6 cardomoms, and 1/4 cup grated coconut and make syrup out of jaggery as described.
- Break the cooked rice dough into fine pieces, and mix it with the jaggery syrup.
- Add roasted cashewnuts.
- Enjoy your Sweet Puttu. Hope you love this Indian recipe.
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