Saturday, September 8, 2012

Rice Flour Puttu (Steamed rice cake) And Chickpeas with Roasted Coconut and Spices Gavy/ Ari Puttu and Varutharacha Kadala Curry

Puttu & Varutharachu vacha kadala curry (1)

Puttu and Kadala Curry is one of the favorite and common traditional breakfast or dinner combination of  malayalees (Keralites)

Puttu is a very common and popular breakfast dish or dinner in South India especially in Kerala and Tamilnadu as well as in some parts of Sri Lanka. It is specially made in a puttu maker. Puttu maker is a steamer which is cylindrical in shape and is available at any super market.

Puttu can be prepared with any variety of flour which includes rice flour, wheat flour, Corn flour,  Ragi flour or even Rava. Rice flourPuttu/Ari Puttu is made with rice flour and coconut.  It consists of firm cylinders of steamed ground rice with layers of coconut and is served with sweet banana ( specially cheru pazham), sugar or chickpea curry or egg curry  or chicken curry.

Puttu & Varutharachu vacha kadala curry (2)Puttu & Varutharachu vacha kadala curry (3)

You can see the Chickpea Curry recipe here ::http://ourharsha.blogspot.com/2011/11/roasted-chickpeaskadala-curry.html

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