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Kerala · Snack

Puttu

Traditional 8. Puttu recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 1.5 cups rice flour (225g)
• ½ cup grated fresh coconut (50g)
• ½ cup water (120ml)
• 1 tsp salt (5g)
• ½ tsp jaggery powder (optional, 2g)
• Oil for greasing (2 tbsp/30ml)

👩‍🍳 How to make Puttu

1. Mix dry ingredients (3 mins, room temperature): Combine 225g rice flour, 50g grated coconut, 5g salt in large bowl. Mix well with hands until even.
2. Add water (3 mins, room temperature): Sprinkle 120ml water gradually, mixing with hands. Dough should be crumbly, like wet sand—not wet or clumpy.
3. Layer puttu maker (5 mins, room temperature): Grease puttu mold (metal cylinder) generously with oil. Layer flour-coconut mixture and water alternately: 1 tbsp flour mixture, 1 tbsp water, repeat 4-5 times. Final layer should be flour mixture.
4. Steam (8 mins, high heat): Place filled puttu maker in boiling water (water level should reach halfway up mold). Steam 8 minutes until cooked through. Test: wooden skewer inserted should come out clean.

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