Chettinad Rice Puttu Recipe | Arisi Puttu

This Puttu is one of the Chettinad authentic food prepares for breakfast or tiffin. When there is special guests like groom or in-laws family members, some respectable people, etc.

INGREDIENTS

Rice Puttu Flour - 1 cup

Water - 1/3 to 1/2 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Paasi Paruppu (Yellow Moong Dal) – 1/3 cup (boiled)

Sugar – 1/3 cup 

Coconut Grated fresh – 1/3 cup

Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp

Ghee – 1 tbsp

Cashews – 2tbsp

INSTRUCTIONS

Dry roast the moong dal to golden and then add water and cook it. Cook till the dal becomes soft but not mashy. The dal has be full and when you press it, it has to be soft & maskable. There must not be water. Keep it separate.

Take the rise flour in a wide vessel (basin style/ or kadai style). Add salt in the 1/2 cup of normal water and sprinkle little by little in the rice flour. Add water little by little and wet the rice flour thoroughly. The rice flour has to be moist but not wet or watery. The flour has to hold the shape you make and get crumbled to flour after release. ( Like damp beach sand). If any lumps are there sieve it and crumble the lumps fully.

Place this moist rice flour in a clean cotton clothe and place this in a steamer and steam cook it for 10 minutes. 

Heat a pan with ghee, add cashew nuts and roast till golden brown.Add grated coconut and stir over low flame till coconut is coated with ghee and till you get the smell. 

Add sugar and give a mix. Then the the steam cooked rice flour, cooked moong dal, cashew nuts and elaichi powder. Give a perfect mix and enjoy this delicious Puttu.

You'll definitely fell in love for this Chettinad style Rice Puttu. 👍😋👍