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Kerala · Lunch

Matta Rice Puttu

Traditional 29. Matta Rice Puttu recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 1.5 cups roasted Matta rice flour
• 1/2 cup grated jaggery
• 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3-4 tbsp ghee
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 6-8 cashew pieces, broken
• 3-4 raisins

👩‍🍳 How to make Matta Rice Puttu

1. Prepare filling (3 mins, no heat): Mix grated jaggery with 1/4 cup coconut. Mix cardamom powder. Keep aside.
2. Heat ghee (1 min, medium heat): Heat 2 tbsp ghee in pan, add cashew pieces, fry until light golden. Remove. Add raisins, fry 30 seconds. Remove. Visual: cashews golden, raisins puffed.
3. Mix batter (2 mins, no heat): Mix rice flour, remaining coconut, salt, remaining ghee, 1/4 cup water. Knead to smooth, firm dough.
4. Layer in mold (3 mins, no heat): Oil cylindrical puttu mold. Alternate layers: dough, jaggery filling, fried cashews and raisins. Repeat layers. Press gently.
5. Steam (8-10 mins, medium-high heat): Place mold in steamer vertically. Steam covered until cooked through and a skewer comes out clean. Visual: mold is hot to touch, steam stops coming out.
6. Remove (2 mins, no heat): Push puttu out of mold onto plate using plunger.

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