Name: Puttu Kadala recipe by Shoba Bharathraj at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Red chilli - 2; Mustard seeds - 1 tsp; Curry Leaves - 1 sprig; For seasoning :; Grated coconut paste - 1/2 cup; Salt to taste; Turmeric powder - 1 tsp; Cumin - 1 tsp; Coriander powder - 1 tsp; Kerala Garam masala - 1 tbsp; Red chili powder - 1 tbsp; Tomato - 1 big, chopped; Onions - 3, sliced; Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp; Black gram - 1 cup; For kadala curry:; Grated coconut - 1 cup; Sugar 2 tsp; salt - 1 tsp; Water - 3 Cups; Puttu rice flour - 1/2 kg packet( White puttu flour is available in supermarkets and online)

Ingredients Serving: 5

Red chilli - 2
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
For seasoning :
Grated coconut paste - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Kerala Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Red chili powder - 1 tbsp
Tomato - 1 big, chopped
Onions - 3, sliced
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Black gram - 1 cup
For kadala curry:
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Sugar 2 tsp
salt - 1 tsp
Water - 3 Cups
Puttu rice flour - 1/2 kg packet( White puttu flour is available in supermarkets and online)

Instructions

Take a large kadai or vessel and spread the rice flour.
Take a small bowl. Add water. Add sugar and salt and mix till it dissolves.
Add water little by little till you are able to hold the rice flour in your fist and it doesn't break into powder. Please note that the consistency should be of powder only and not like a batter.
Keep the flour aside for 15 minutes.
Take the Puttu steamer. Put sufficient water in the bottom vessel and keep it on the stove for boiling.
Take Puttu cylinder. Place perforated plate. On that, add 1 big tbsp grated coconut. Then drop a ladle full of Puttu flour, then layer it again with grated coconut followed by Puttu flour. Repeat the layers till you reach the top of the cylinder. Place this cylinder on the steamer vessel and steam it for 5 minutes. Please make sure that the steam comes out from the holes of cylinder top.
Remove the cylinder after 5 minutes. Open the lid of the cylinder. Slant the cylinder on a plate. And using a rolling pin slightly push from the perforated plate onto the serving plate. Puttu will come out.
Steps for Kadala curry:
Soak black gram overnight. Pressure cook for 15 minutes adding turmeric powder and little salt.
Take a kadai. Add oil once heated.
Splitter jeera, add onions, Ginger garlic paste and saute
Add tomatoes and saute till soft.
Add coriander powder, red chili powder and saute.
Take a ladle full of black gram and mash it. Add it to the kadai.
Add boiled black gram and coconut paste(grated coconut ground to a paste adding little water) and salt.
Once boiled, add garam masala and switch off the flame.
Season with mustard, curry leaves and red chilly.

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