This is one of mom’s speciality. Nobody else makes puttu in the form of cups in our home except mom. Usually we steam cook the flour and then add all the other ingredients to get fluffy puttu but this is bit different. Mom adds all the ingredients before steam cooking and shapes cups out of the flour. Then she steam cooks it and we get delicious puttu cups. This is one of my favourite recipes from mom’s kitchen. After nearly 3 months of her leaving us, I still feel that she is in Coimbatore and she is just a phone call away. Just remembering her with one of her lovely recipes. This came out beautiful. PK is not a great fan of fluffy puttu but if I make puttu urundai, he just polishes them off the plate. This is some what similar to puttu urundai and so loved it. Sruti has not yet accepted this as a snack and may be some day in the future, she may like it. But as we both liked it I didn’t bother much. This is for the Blogging Marathon #34, week 3 and day 3 and I am posting under Evening snacks theme.
Ingredients:
Homemade Puttu Flour/ Maavu(click on link for the procedure)– 1 cup
Salt- a pinch
Sugar-1 cup or according to your taste
Grated Coconut-1 cup
Cardamom Powder-1/4 tsp
Procedure:
1. Take the flour in a bowl.
2. Add salt and mix.
3. Sprinkle little water and rub it to incorporate the water into the flour. We just want wet flour and we are not going to prepare dough.
4. Use little water for sprinkling.
5. When you hold the flour in the palm, it should take shape but when you press a little it must crumble. When the flour reaches this consistency, puttu flour is ready.
6. Add sugar, cardamom powder and coconut.
7. Mix well.
8. Take a small tumbler or a tiny bowl. fill it with puttu flour and press it to make the flour tight. If it is not tightly pressed, then it will not take the shape of the cup.
9. Once it is pressed, slightly tap the cup keeping it slanting to remove the puttu from the cup.
10. Place it on a idli plate.
11. Finish the remaining flour.
12. Steam cook for 10-12 minutes.
13. Remove from the plate, sprinkle with coconut and serve hot.
Sprinkle water on the flour.
Keep on mixing and sprinkling water until the flour is crumbly and can be shaped like this.
Add sugar, coconut and cardamom powder.
Mix well.
Press it into a small cup.
Remove the puttu from the cup and arrange it on idli plate.
After 10-12 minutes, remove from the plate and serve topped with coconut.
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these look so cute.. .lovely way to serve puttu…
I know gayathri, that feeling about mom, keep it that way, she will always be a prayer away!!! Puttu cups are looking cuuutee!!!! i m definitely going to try it!!!! 🙂
Cups look so appealing, and know very well this feeling about mom, it is almost 2 yrs now and still cant come out of it, but may be there could be no other way to tribute her.
Puttu cups looks great !! Yours feeling about mom will never change .
cups are looking good , What ever amma is amma cannt think of anything, good she will be with your all time mentally ,and in all activities and in your prayer too
we all love it pa…drooling puttu
Lovely cups….
Nice and healthy breakfast..
looks sooo tempting n yummy…
Puttu cups are cute and am sorry to hear about your mother.
Wowww…. I love puttu. In my country indonesian always on sale at the market. With the mold of bamboo and steamed. Always pandan flavored green color, with powdered java sugar (like brown sugar???) that melts when cooked on the inside. with plenty of dried coconut shavings. Can you tried to make it? But I like your version, very new and nice. I will tried in my home. Sorry for my bad english.
totally new one for me…and a great way to tribute your mom..it keeps her alive also as through her recipes she is still with you in spirit
Perfectly made puttu cups Gayathri. Your mom will live in your heart forever and will be remembered lovingly through her dishes.
These cups look very cute. Going to try this version.
Very poignant to read..and those cups are so cute..I love puttu..though it’s been such a long time since I made it..
cute ,liked the idea
Puttu looks nice and its nice to remember your mother everyday in all the small and big things we do.
Neat idea..I am sure your mom showers her blessings all the time ..needless to say she resides in your heart enabling you to churn out such beauties each and every day!
This is a lovely idea to make puttu! I love puttu but my husband is not a big fan…This way i can juts make some for me 🙂
Can understand ur feelings, am in the same boat too.. take care of urself Gayathri.. am in love with these cute puttu cups..
cute puttu cups ! wow totally awesome.you can find wide range of puttu makers at do check them out..