Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Puttu and Kadala Curry

This is the popular breakfast of Kerala people. 
Ingredients

Rice Flour...............1 cup
Grated Coconut.........1 cup
Warm Water.............1/2 cup
Salt to Taste
Puttu and Kadala Curry

Method

Roast the rice flour for 5 minutes.Mix rice flour and salt by sprinkling warm water keep mixing with hands.
The entire flour has to be wet.
( you can get ready made puttu rice flour at Indian stores)

Keep water in the bottom of puttu vessel.Take the puttu mould add 1 tsp of coconut first followed by4 tsp of rice flour then again 2 tsp of coconut. Keep layering to fill the mould.Close the lid

Keep the vessel on the gas . When the water boils the steam goes inside and cook the flour. Keep up to 4 minutes.take the vessel in hand . Use a skewer(it comes with the vessel) and push the dish out of the mould.
Eat the puttu hot with kadala curry.

Kadala curry 

Brown Chick peas.......1 cup
Tamarind Paste............1 tsp
Coconut......................3 tbsp
Red Chili.......................3
Coriander Seeds...........2 tsp
Chana Dhal......................1tsp
Turmeric Powder......1/2 tsp
Curry leaves..............few
Tomato ....................1
Onion .........................1
Salt to taste

Method

Soak the chick peas over night.Chop the tomato and onion. 
Fry the chili, coriander seeds and chana dal.Grind this with coconut and keep.
Cook the chick peas with salt .Add turmeric powder, tamarind paste,tomato and onion, 
Let it boil. When everything is cooked add the ground paste and curry leaves,
Eat hot puttu with this kadala curry.

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