Chemeen puttu

After long time  I called up a relative . I am not chat person so its very difficult to keep pace with the few  talkative ones in the family.  Information is i am the only odd one out as i am the only one( cousin) to be a gulfie in the family.  But i never miss any getogethers. As I just wanted to ask about a recipe that my cousin  cooked for her daughter's husband(.newly weds) . It so happened that she ( my cousin)  was not keen on studies so her parents got her married off early . While the whole bunch of us were drilling up for exams she was the only one doing The Honeymoon ,The Babymoons. We all admire her for her attitude . She knew exactly what she wanted in life . No fuss no hasstles and with a pretty temper in head she settled  for one daughter in this life .. hehe..  her mother in law is fuming at this decision of having no more kids ever.  hut i must say that she is an excellent cook .. its like' hath mey jaaddu' hau types. ...simple ingredients and quick movements in the kitchen , she can make a dozen dishes  in no time.

Anyway, there were few prawns left in the pantry that I had reserved to try this recipe for dinner. However it didn’t happen for breakfast. since I had an appointment to cover . So made it for dinner .i  just wanted to post them as i got good

reviews from my family too. Aj was surprised seeing puttu for dinner..樂 .Then I thought, why not.. cause after all its oil free and healthy too.


Ingredients

250 gm prawns - deveined and cleaned well .
2 nos onions ( chopped )
1/2 inch piece ginger,  chopped
 1/2 tsp  chopped  garlic
1 teaspoon Red chilly powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon Pepper powder
2 teaspoon tomato paste
2 teaspoon cashew paste
3 Green chilly  chopped
1 small tamarind
1/4 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
Garam masala - a pinch
200 grams Puttu podi ( Roasted rice flour )
100 grams grated coconut
150 ml.Water
30 ml.Coconut oil
Curry leaves - a few
Salt to taste

Method (STEP WISE )

Step 1

Take roasted rice flour in a bowl and add some salt. Slowly add water little by little over the rice flour and mix well. Continue this process till the flour becomes wet and smooth. Keep this aside for 10 minutes.

Step 2

De-shell and de-vein the prawns and wash well with water.

Step 3

Heat a pan, add prawns, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp of red chilly powder, tamarind, ginger garlic paste, 50 ml of water, salt and cook this for 10 minutes on a low flame. Switch off the flame and keep aside.

Step 4

Heat coconut oil in a pan and add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, green chilly, curry leaves and saute untill onion turns brown colour.

Step 5

Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, pepper powder and mix well.

Step 6

Add cooked prawns, salt, tomato paste, cashew paste and mix well. Cook this on a low flame for 5 minutes. Prawns masala is ready.

Step 7

Heat Puttu maker, so that the water poured in the Pot ,starts evaporating.

Step 8

Now you can start filling the cylindrical steamer . Put 1 tbsp grated coconut and then 5 tbsp wet rice powder and 3 tbsp of prawns masala, Like this, layer the Puttu in steamer.

Step 9

Keep the steamer  on pot  and allow to steam for 8 minutes. When steam starts coming from top of the steamer, then its done and cooked well.

Step 10

Switch off the flame and take out the steamer .  By pressing behind the steamer with a long rod, take the Puttu out.

Step 11

Tasty Chemmeen Puttu is ready.