Puttu (പുട്ട്)
Category: breakfast — steamed rice-flour cylinder
Course: breakfast | Diet: vegan
Meal roles: breakfast

Steamed cylinders of rice flour layered with coconut, eaten with kadala curry, banana or sugar.

Spice level: 0
Prep time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 15 minutes

Ingredients (per person):
name: Rice flour (fine)
qty: 90
unit: g
name: Fresh coconut, grated
qty: 20
unit: g
name: Water (to moisten the flour)
qty: 50
unit: g
name: Salt
qty: 1
unit: g

Steps:
Roast the rice flour very lightly, then sprinkle with salted hot water to a coarse, moist crumb that clumps when cupped but stays loose.
Layer the flour and coconut in a puttu kolapatti (steamer cylinder).
Steam over boiling water for about 8-10 minutes until firm.
Serve hot with kadala curry, a ripe banana, or sugar mixed in.

Tags: breakfast
steamed
vegan