Puttu pronounced [puttu]. (Malayalam. ), (Tamil. ), (Sinhala ) is really a breakfast dish very popular in Kerala available too in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and Srilanka. It consists of steamed cylinders of ground grain layered with coconut. It's very popular within the Indian condition of Kerala plus many regions of Sri Lanka. where it's also referred to as pittu. Puttu is offered with sides for example palm sugar or chickpea curry or blueberry. In Bhatkal Puttu is offered with sides for example ghee and sugar or Paya or mutton curry .
Grain Puttu with Gram curry
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Ingredients [ edit ]
Puttu primarily includes coarsely ground grain, grated coconut and water. It's frequently spiced with cumin. but might produce other spices. The Sri Lankan variant is generally created using wheat flour or red grain-flour without cumin whereas the Bhatkal recipes have plain coconut or masala variant created using mutton or shrimp flavoured grated cocunut. [1]
Preparation [ edit ]
Puttu is created by gradually adding water to ground grain before the correct texture is achieved. This will make it spiced, created and steamed with layers of grated coconut.
Puttu is usually cooked inside a metal puttu kutti vessel with two sections. The low section holds water and also the upper section supports the puttu — in which the grain mixture is placed with layers of grated coconut. Perforated covers separate the sections to permit the steam to pass through together.
Numerous alternative cooking vessels are utilized, for example traditional vessels in which a perforated coconut covering is mounted on a piece of bamboo, or perhaps a chiratta puttu made from a coconut covering or of metal formed much like a coconut covering.
Chirratu Puttu steaming vessel - top view with lid removed
Puto bumbong (Philippines)
Other kinds of cooking vessels incorporate a pan much like an idli pan with small holes towards the bottom, pressure cookers and, mainly within the Malay Archipelago. hollow bamboo stalks.
Serving [ edit ]
Puttu is frequently offered together with gravies, like fish curry, chicken curry or kadala (chickpea ) curry, and papadum. Also plantain. jackfruit. mango or blueberry is generally offered by using it. In certain regions of Kerala people eat puttu supported by sweet black coffee. In Tamil Nadu it's offered with grated coconut with jaggery made from palm or sugar cane, or with sweetened coconut milk. In Sri Lanka. pittu is generally supported with tripe curry, fish or perhaps a meat curry, coconut milk along with a sambol.
Variations [ edit ]
Putu bambu pipes inside a steamer
Some variations of puttu use other grains for example wheat flour, tapioca and corn flour. The layered filling of coconut could be substituted with other foods, for example egg curry or blueberry. Puttu prepared inside a ball shape are known as manipputtu. Puttu may also be made using bamboo grain
In Maritime Southeast Asia. typically the most popular puttu variant is bamboo-steamed puttu, referred to as common kue putu in Indonesian. putu bambu in Malay. and puto bumbng within the Tagalog. It includes grain flour with eco-friendly pandan leaf coloring, cooked with palm sugar filling, steamed in bamboo pipes, and offered with grated coconut flesh. In Indonesia, kue putu is generally found being offered by travelling vendor cart along with klepon . that is really ball-formed kue putu .
Wheat puttu with bananas
Puttu can also be common in Mauritius. It is almost always offered by hawkers and it is offered like a snack. It's frequently incorrectly spelled poutou and really should be typed putu in Mauritian creole. [2] The components are identical grain flour, sugar and desiccated coconut but cooked in metal cylinders.
World record attempt [ edit ]
In The Year 2006, students from the Oriental school of Hotel Management in Wayanad in north Kerala designed a 10 feet lengthy puttu. They cooked the enormous puttu inside a specifically designed 12 feet lengthy aluminium mould, using 20 coconuts and 26 kg of powdered grain. It required about 1 1 / 2 hrs to prepare. [3]
