Dal Puttu, a traditional breakfast made with mixed lentils, ground and steam cooked, tempered with mild spices. A protein-rich recipe.

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What is Puttu?

Puttu, a traditional breakfast in many south-indian homes. A popular dish in kerala, puttu and kadalai curry, is a match made in heaven. A pretty easy dish to make, if you have that puttu maker or else a simple bowl and a steamer would also do.

Puttu, traditionally made using rice flour, which is an easy to digest and also gluten-free. The steamed delicacy, can be made with millets and lentils. Check this foxtail millet/thinai arisi puttu here. It is much prefered dish like idiyappam/idly, while traveling as they are easily digestible and safe for the digestive system.

Puttu, though commonly popular in south state of India, there is also many similar dish in other parts of India. For example, Putharo, a traditional breakfast from Meghalaya, the North-eastern state of India. And Vellam Puttu, a similar dish made in Tamilnadu.

What is Dal Puttu?

Dal puttu, a protein powerhouse dish, entirely made with dal/lentils. The only time consuming act here is the soaking of dals. Once the dals are ready then it is a pretty easy dish to make. Dal puttu, can be served for breakfast or as evening snack with some hot chai/coffee.

How to make Dal Puttu?

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions.

Soak the mixed dals for minimum 2 hours. After the required time, drain the dal, take it in a mixer and grind it coarse, take care while grinding we dont want batter.
After grinding, steam cook the mixture. I have used microwave here, it ca met be done in the steamer.
Once the dal mix is steam cooked, heat a pan, add tempering with mustard and chilies. add the crumbled dal, adjust salt and add some fresh coconut. Let it sit on the stove for 4-5 minutes for the flavors to mingle. Remove and serve warm.

Dal Puttu |Steamed Lentil Crumble | Lets make puttu

Dal Puttu, a traditional breakfast made with mixed lentils, ground and steam cooked, tempered with mild spices. A protein-rich recipe.

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Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: Asian, Indian

Keyword: Dal for breakfast, Dal puttu recipe, How to make puttu, How to make puttu with dal, Protein rich puttu recipe, Puttu without rice flour

Prep Time: 2

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 2 30

Servings:

Calories:

Equipment

Steamer or puttu maker (optional)

Ingredients

1 tablespoon tuvar dal/split pigeon peas
1 tablespoon chana dal/gram dal
1 tablespoon moong dal /split green gram dal
1 tablespoon masoor dal/red lentils
2 tablespoon freshly grated coconut

Tempering

2 teaspoon oil any cooking oil
¼ teaspoon mustard seeds/kadugu
2-3 nos red chilies, broken
1 teaspoon urad dal, skinned black gram dal
1 teaspoon chana dal, gram dal
2-3 teaspoon broken cashew-nuts
a pinch hing/asafoetida
a pinch turmeric powder
sprig of curry leaf

Instructions

Take all the dals mentioned above in a bowl. Wash twice in water. Do not waste the dal-washed water, use it for watering the plants. Soak the mixed dal for an 2 hours, minimum. I usually have my breakfast by 10/10:30 so i soak it around 7:30 before leaving for my yoga class.
Once it is soaked for the said time, drain the excess water, take the dal in a small mixer, pulse grind it to a coarse mixture.
Take care while grinding, if you grind it continuously you will end up with dal batter, we don't want dal batter, we want coarsely ground dal mixture. So just pulse it. If you mixer doesn't budge, open and mix it once or twice with a spoon and pulse it again
Once you get it coarse, remove it to a microwave safe shallow bowl. Microwave high for a minute and half. The excess moisture in the dal will evaporate and you will get dry mix, which can be crumbled.
Another way to do this is to steam the mix. Take the coarsely ground dal in a idly plate, steam cook for 10-12 minutes to get steamed dal mix, which can be crumbled later. I prefer the MW as it takes less time and less vessels too!
Once the dal is cooked, heat oil in a sauce pan, splutter mustard seeds, add hing, broken chilies, curry leaves let it saute for minute. Now add chana dal and urad dal and saute until it turns golden brown. Finally add cashew-nuts and saute until it changes color, take care not to burn it.
Now to this add the crumbled dal mixture .Sauteit well. Keep the flame simmer, cover and cook for a minute or two. Remove the cover, add salt and coconut to this and mix well
Let this be on the heat for 3-4 minutes. Remove and serve it hot along with coffee!

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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Dal Puttu |Steamed Lentil Crumble | Lets make puttu

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