Red Rice Sweet Puttu

Ingredients:

Red rice puttu mix - 1/2 cup
Scraped coconut - 4 teaspoon
Ghee - 4 teaspoon
Sugar - 6 teaspoon
Salt - as needed

Procedure:

• Take the puttu mix in a vessel; sprinkle salt mixed water and blend well so that no small balls are formed.

• Take the puttu vessel; fill it alternately with coconut and puttu mix.

 

• Cover the vessel after filling with ingredients; place the vessel over the cooker (where normally you place the weight) and allow it to cook it full steam for almost 5 minutes.
• Then shift the puttu to a vessel, add ghee and sugar and mix well.

• Again shift the puttu to the puttu vessel; press well and place it over a plate.

Note:

• Same procedure of cooking for white puttu.
• Elaichi powder and cashewnuts can be added, as per need.
• This procedure is the same as kuzhaiputtu..in Kerala they use oconut shells for making puttu..this vessel is used and it is in the shape of coconut shell.
• When eaten with banana, the taste gets enriched.
• Instead of ghee, gingely oil / sesame oil can be added, as it is cure for menstrual pains and good for the girls at the time of attaining puberty.

Kala Kalaa / Maida rolls

Ingredients:


Maida - 200 gm
Butter - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Coconut milk(thick) - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Cooking oil - 250 ml
New comb with broad gap / Fork - 1
Procedure:

• Add salt, sugar, butter, coconut milk, little water to Maida and make chappathi style dough..
• Set aside for almost 3 hours.
• After 3 hours, the dough will be softer.
• Make small balls (small marble size).
• Place a ball over a comb or at the back side of a fork and press and extend it towards one side.
• Carefully remove it and roll it over the tip of your left index finger.
• Press both ends lightly.

• Take it out carefully..the sides of the roll should not be in contact..there should be a hollow..
• Roll all the balls similarly..

• Add oil to the frying pan, when it gets heated, deep fry the rolls.

• Add only 2 to 3 tablespoons of water to the sugar and heat it in a broad container.
• Stir evenly till the sugar melts.
• When the sugar syrup boils and turns to  a pale white colour, switch off the stove.
• Add the fried rolls to the sugar syrup and blend well.
• As the syrup is hot, it immediately spreads around the roll.

Learnt from: Mrs.Padma, my mother