Snake Gourd Puttu (Steamed Rice)

Puttu is a common food in Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka.

Normally, it is being cooked in the vessel/s specially made to

make Puttu (Puttu Kutti, Chiratta etc.) .

Here, we are presenting a Special Puttu, without a vessel or

the vessel also we can eat along with the Puttu.

Healthy & Tasty one.  Try as a breakfast for a healthy beginning…..

 

Ingredients :

Snake Gourd	1 No.
Rice Flour – roasted	1 Cup
Water	¼ cup
Salt	As required

Method :

-         Take the rice flour in a vessel.

-         Add salt in water and add slowly to the rice flour. 

Don’t add more or less water. 

-         Take and make a slit in the snake gourd, lengthwise.

-         Fill it with the rice flour and tie.

-         Keep it in a steamer or in a rice cooker and steam.

-         It will take around 8 minutes to cook in high flame.

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Alkaline / Layer Chapathi

In the Vegetable Salad recipe, we mentioned that the
Alkaline & Layer Chapathi recipe is going to post soon.

Here it is :

Ingredients :

Ash Gourd Juice *	½  Cup
Wheat flour	1 Cup

Method :

-           Knead the wheat flour with ash gourd juice

-           Make the chapatti as usual.

-          If you want, you can keep some boiled/steamed

        vegetables inside and make Chapatti Roll.

*    Yesterday we saw the method of taking juice from Ash Gourd in this post :
 http://achnath.blogspot.com /2013/08/ash-gourd-kumbalanga-elavan-drink_19.html#.UhLVTX8l874

Layer Chapati

Ingredients :

Chapathi Dough	½  Cup
Ghee/Sesame oil	4 Table spoon

Method :

-           Roll the Chapathi.

-           Smear some ghee or sesame oil on top.

-           Fold and roll it again.