Kerala Sweet Puttu

This is a random breakfast item yet tasty. I always love kerala dishes since they have a good aroma of coconut/coconut oil. Puttu is a famous dish in Kerala which can be prepared with salt/sugar,coconut and rice flour using a puttu maker. You can alternatively make with idle steamers if you don't have puttu maker. I have not tried the salt one but tried sweet puttu many times which came out perfect for me. Very healthy dish to make during busy mornings. I use chemba flour(red rice flour) for making this. If not available, replace with rice flour.

Ingredients:(for 2 persons)

Chemba puttu flour - 1 cup ( available in any Indian grocery store)
Salt - a pinch
Sugar - 5 tsp (or to your taste)
Dessicated/freshly grated coconut - 3-4 tsp
Warm water - as needed
Oil - to grease idli plates

Preparation:

• Mix the flour, salt, coconut well in a wide plate.
• Sprinkle warm water little by  little or in a spoon, mix and repeat sprinkling until you can make a firm small ball out of the flour mix.
• Grease the idli plates with oil and fill it with this flour.
• Once filled, press the top of each filling with a spoon so that the flour doesnt come out while steaming.
• Steam this for 10 mins or until you get a nice aroma of the puttu.

• Now take it out, crumble it well like a flour again.
• Mix in sugar and server hot.

Note:
I used very little coconut here due to its health effects. You can add more if you need after steaming too and enjoy its  flavor :). Add sugar to your taste. Additionally mix cardamom powder for flavor.

Sending this to CELEBRATE SWEETS - SWEETS WITH RICE event by Priya & Nivedita.

Happy weekend!

Pesarattu(Green Gram Dosa)

My mother tongue being telugu, wanted to try this Andhra dish for a long long time. Heard this from one of my friends and checked this video for ingredients. This is a nutritious and a very filling breakfast. I got the recipe from here. For easy and quick snacks and other recipes i used to refer vahrehvah.com. Great website with tasty dishes for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

Ingredients:

Green Gram Dal - 1 cup ( sprouted ones doubles nutrition)
Raw rice - 1/2 cup
Idli rice - 1/2 cup
Green chillies - 4
Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - as needed

Preparation:
Soak Green gram and rice together in warm water for 8 hours. Grind this with remaining ingredients(with little water) to a smooth batter(not too course like adai). Add needed salt to the batter, mix well and prepare pesarattus like normal dosas in a non stick/iron pan. There is no need to ferment this batter.
I didn't add onions to this. You can add if you want. But I greased my iron pan with a small piece of onion dipped in oil before making pesarattus so that they don't stick to the pan.:)

Tastes great with any chutney.. especially coconut..

Sending this to "Bookmarked Recipe - Every Tuesday Event" by Aipi.

Aval Upuma (Thick Poha Upuma)

Ingredients:

Poha - 3 cups

mustard seeds - 1 spoon

green chillies - 2(cut into small pieces)

channa dal - 1 spoon

Salt - as needed

Oil - 3 spoons

Preparation:

• Soak the Poha in hot water hardly for a minute until it becomes soft.Take out the poha and remove the water sticking to it.
  
• Now in a pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds ...wait till it splutters.
• Add green chillies, channa dal., mix well.
• Now add the soaked poha, salt and mix well for 2-3 mins.

Aval Upuma is ready :)

Sending this to the event: Healthy Recipe Hunt - 1 by kurinji

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