So here's the Typical Kerala breakfast dish that's very healthy and very filling -
Wheat Puttu or Steamed Wheat Cakes.
Puttu was originally made with rice flour but later, more healthier options like wheat flour, raagi and even mixed grains powder was used to prepare it. Its normally made in a puttu kutti, a vessel specially available for this. Its a cylindrical vessel with two portions, the bottom part to hold the water and the top to hold the flour. The cooking is entirely done on the steam from the lower portion of the kutti. You can alternately also use a chiratta, which means halved coconut shell but I haven't tried this method myself.
Wheat Puttu Recipe
Serves 2
Ingredients for puttu:
Wheat puttu flour - 2 cups
Grated coconut - ¾ cup, or according to taste
Salt - ½ tsp
Water - enough to wet the flour
How to Make Puttu:
This is truly one of the simplest breakfast dishes you can make but the consistency of the flour is very important to get soft puttu.
1. Mix the flour with the salt till its totally blended. Then add water little at a time till the flour is wet. Make sure there are no lumps.
2. Transfer to the upper part of the puttu kutti, making sure to layer the bottom with coconut that's about an inch high. After transferring half the flour, you can add one more layer, top if off with the rest of the flour and then finish off with another layer of coconut.
Some people mix a bit of coconut into the flour so that can also be done, depending on how much coconut you'd like in the final dish 🙂
3. Steaming should take approx. 10 minutes. Once done, transfer to a dish and serve hot with ripe bananas, ghee and sugar.
Kadala Curry is also a very good combination with any kind of puttu. In fact, its often mentioned together like bread and jam - puttum kadalayum 🙂
Devi Priya
Great pic and good and healthy recipe, thanks for sharing.
Mallika
Looks lovely. Is the texture like an idli? I'd love to try this with rice flour...
Rajitha
next time i am in india..i have to buy the 'puttu kutti'...kutti is such a cute name :)...healthy and delicious nags!
Lore
A steamed cake that is also ready in 15 minutes? Could I ask for more? Delicious!
Shreya
Hi Naga, Lovely pics you have again. This post reminded me so much of the wheat puttu my mother makes. She makes them in the cheratta (coconut shell), or the cheratta puttu version! We make it with Ragi flour as well.
Aparna
Lovely.
This is what we are having for breakfast tomorrow, with cherupayar curry and bananas.
Like your new blog look.
PSYCHO
dunno bout the cook in me..but the foodie in me is delighted!
Cham
Beautiful puttu love the color combination!
ranji
wow puttu my fav....making it with wheat - a very healthy way to go...delicious..
Rachel
Believ it or not..I am yet to make a perfect puttu..