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Kerala · Lunch

Puttu

Traditional 68. Puttu recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup grated jaggery
• 1/4 cup grated fresh coconut
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 4-5 cashew pieces
• 2-3 raisins

👩‍🍳 How to make Puttu

1. Roast flour (2 mins, medium heat): Heat coconut oil, add rice flour, roast gently for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Visual: flour becomes light golden, fragrant. Cool.
2. Fry nuts (1 min, high heat): Fry cashew pieces in remaining oil until golden. Remove. Fry raisins 30 seconds. Remove.
3. Prepare filling (1 min, no heat): Mix jaggery with 1/4 cup grated coconut and cardamom powder.
4. Mix dough (2 mins, no heat): Mix roasted flour, salt, 1/4 cup water to form soft, moldable dough.
5. Layer in mold (2 mins, no heat): Oil cylindrical puttu mold. Layer dough, jaggery filling, nuts, raisins alternately. Press gently.
6. Steam (8 mins, medium-high heat): Place mold vertically in steamer, steam covered until cooked and skewer comes out clean. Visual: mold hot, steam stops.
7. Remove (1 min, no heat): Push puttu out using plunger onto plate.

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