Halwa puttu / rice cake with no oil or ghee / அல்வா புட்டு
Halwa puttu / rice cake with no oil or ghee / அல்வா புட்டு
This Halwa puttu is a rice cake which is very healthy and tasty snack. You would’t believe that it’s done without any oil or ghee. Its called as Elabalittu in kannada done by devanga chettiyar community around salem district and its a famous tasty traditional sweet dish. Other common names are vennai puttu Ala puttu or rice puttu. Some add roasted gram dal when adding coconut pieces itself but I don’t like that very much so I have not added.You can try adding it because many will like the bite of both coconut and dal. Amount of jaggery used here will be perfect but if you want some more sweetness you can add more. Don’t miss to add ginger powder its so flavourful when you
add it.Its a kind of pudding like texture with every bite of coconut chunks in it is to die for and you will love it once you have it. Do try this Halwa puttu and enjoy the subtle deliciousness.
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More sweets:
vella aval recipe /sweet aval/poha puttu
karupatti mysore pak / palm jaggery sweet
kavuni arisi sweet /chettinad black rice sweet
chettinad kandarappam /sweet appam recipe
Halwa puttu / rice cake with no oil or ghee / அல்வா புட்டு
INGREDIENTS:
Idli rice – 1 cup (200 ml cup)
Jaggery powdered – 2 cups
Cardamom powder – 1 to 11/2 Tbsp
Dry ginger powder – 1 tsp
Water to dilute batter – 4 cups
Some more water for grinding and paagu
Coconut chunks – 1 1/4 cup
METHOD:
1.Soak rice for2-3 hours and grind it smoothly.
2.Take it in a mixing bowl and add 4 cups of water and dilute it nicely and keep.
3.In a kadai add jaggery powder with some water and dissolve.
4.When it dissolves filter and again transfer to the same kadai.
5.Add diluted mixture to this jaggery syrup and bring to boil by continuous stirring.
6.At one stage it starts to thicken.
7.Now add coconut chunks, cardamom powder and ginger powder stir in well.
8.You can check for done-ness by touching with wet hands if it come out clean its ready.
9.Spread a white cotton cloth and scoop out mixture by dipping laddle with water for each scoop or smear it with some ghee.
10.Leave it to cool and set.
11.Now when cool you are ready to enjoy it.
Halwa puttu / rice cake with no oil or ghee / அல்வா புட்டு
Ingredients
- Idli rice - 1 cup (200 ml cup)
- Jaggery powdered - 2 cups
- Cardamom powder - 1 to 11/2 Tbsp
- Dry ginger powder - 1 tsp
- Water to dilute batter - 4 cups
- Some more water for grinding and paagu
- Coconut chunks - 1 1/4 cup
Instructions
- 1.Soak rice for2-3 hours and grind it smoothly.2.Take it in a mixing bowl and add 4 cups of water and dilute it nicely and keep.3.In a kadai add jaggery powder with some water and dissolve.4.When it dissolves filter and again transfer to the same kadai.5.Add diluted mixture to this jaggery syrup and bring to boil by continuous stirring.6.At one stage it starts to thicken.7.Now add coconut chunks, cardamom powder and ginger powder stir in well.8.You can check for doneness by touching with wet hands if it come out clean its ready.9.Spread a white cotton cloth and scoop out mixture by dipping laddle with water for each scoop or smear it with some ghee.10.Leave it to cool and set.11.Now when cool you are ready to enjoy it.
Notes
- You can scoop out in wet cloth or just smear a plate with ghee and scoop.
- Don’t miss to add ginger powder it makes the dish totally flavourful.
- Add some roasted gram dal when adding coconut pieces it will be good.
- Amount of jaggery used here will be perfect but if you want some more sweetness you can add more.