Red Rice Puttu / Sivapu Arisi Puttu

 

INGREDIENTS for making Homemade Puttu Flour : 

Red rice - 1 cup
Raw rice - 1 cup

Water

METHOD:

1. First, wash the two types of rice in a clean water three times and let it soak for an hour.

2. Then, drain the rice in a basket or colander until it has drip off the excess water.

3. Now, lay a cotton cloth or wide towel on a table and spread the drained rice on the cloth. Let it dry for 30 minutes.

4. Don't dry it under the sun, dry it on a table would be suffice. 

5. Grind the rice to fine powder.

6. After that, you need to dry roast the powder in a wok under low flame. The rice powder should release nice nutty aroma and it will be ready when it resembles like sand. Let this flour to cool completely. 

7. Last step is to sieve or sift the flour and can be stored in a air-tight container for use.

INGREDIENTS for making Puttu : (serving for 5 people)

Prepared rice flour - 2 cups

Water - as needed

Salt - 1/2 teaspoon

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Organic brown sugar or jaggery - as needed

Cooked yellow mung bean - 4 tablespoons (optional)

METHOD:

1. Take the prepared rice in a wide bowl. Sprinkle some water that has been mixed with little salt. Mix the flour using your hand with sprinkle of water to resemble like breadcrumbs. This should not neither be wet nor dry. When you clump the flour in your hand, you should be able to press together without falling apart. That should be ready to go to the next process.

2. Heat idli pan, puttu maker by adding water to it. 

3. If using idli pan, you need to spread white cotton muslin cloth on the idli mould pan, then spread the prepared puttu flour on the cloth. Close the lid and steam it for a good 20 minutes.

4. If using puttu maker, alternate between puttu flour and freshly grated coconut forming layers of flour and coconut.

5. The steamed puttu is removed from the idli pan. You need to put this in a wide bowl. Next, mix freshly grated coconut, cooked yellow mung bean and brown sugar as per your liking and serve for breakfast. 

6. This is a healthy and nutritious South Indian Breakfast menu.

Thank you

Abby