Puttu is a traditional food of kerala. We prepare it with different cereal powders to get different flavors. Also we prepare it with some masala combinations which gives puttu a spicy and variety taste. Here comes the recipe of puttu varav where we combines puttu with beef curry and cooks for few minutes. It is spicy, delicious and have a crispiness of onion.
INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION
- Puttu powder: 2 cup
- Beef: 1/2 kg
- Onion: 2
- Tomato: 1
- Ginger-garlic-greenchilly paste: 1tbs
- Crushed chilly powder(roasted and just crushed to get flakes): 2 tbs
- Corriander powder: 2tbs
- Turmeric powder: 1/2tsp
- Pepper powder: 1/2tsp
- Garam masala powder: 1/2tsp
- Salt: to taste
- Curry leaves: little
- Corriander leaves: little
- Oil: for sauting
METHOD OF PREPARATION
- Wet the puttu powder and prepare puttu as we are doing usually.
- Keep it aside.
- Heat a pressure cooker, add little oil and saute onion till it become transparent.
- Then add ginger-garlic-greenchilly paste and saute until its raw smell goes off. Add curry leaves also.
- Add tomatoes to this and cook till it mashes.
- Next add beef pieces, turmeric powder, pepper powder, garam masala, salt , give a mix and cook for sometime.
- Then add 1 tbs corriander powder and little water , mix well .
- Close the lid of cooker.
- When the first whistle comes, note the time and cook for another 20 minutes in low flame.
- Turn off the flame, wait for pressure escape to open the cooker.
- Meanwhile, roast red chillies and crush it using a mixer jar. It should be in crushed form not in powder form to get better taste for beef curry.
- When the pressure goes off , open the cooker lid, add chilly powder, remaining corriander powder and corriander leaves.
- Mix well and cook until the gravy thickens. You can adjust the gravy thickness according to your taste for beef curry.
- But for puttu varav we need thick gravy.
- Crush the prepared puttu with your hands and mix with the beef gravy.
- Cook it for 10- 15 minutes by stirring in interwals.
- Serve hot by garnishing with chopped onion and corriander leaves.
- Chopped onions gives a crispiness too.
Delicious spicy puttu varav is ready. It is superb and have a variety, lets have a try on it.
