Puttu Varavu / Beef puttu

Puttu is a traditional Kerala breakfast recipe made with rice flour and coconut. Usually it is served along with a curry, pappad or banana. Beef curry is a an excellent combination for puttu.  Here is another recipe of puttu with spicy and delicious beef  dry masala. It’s another variation of irachi puttu.

Ingredient:

1. Beef cubed- ¼ kg
2. Oil-1tbsp
3. Cumin seeds- ¼ tsp
4. Dry red chilly-1
5. Onion-1
6. Ginger garlic green chilly paste-1tbsp
7. Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
8. Chilly powder-1/2 tsp
9. Pepper powder-1tsp
10. Coriander powder-1tsp
11. Garma masala- ½ tsp
12. Salt- to taste
13. Curry leaves -2springs
14. Coriander leaves chopped-few
15. Puttu – 6 pieces

Preparation:

• Heat oil in a pan and splutter cumin seeds.
• Add dry red chilly and onions; sauté until transparent.
• Add ginger garlic green chilly paste and sauté until raw smell goes off..
• Add all the powders one by one after mixing well in each addition.
• Add cubed beef pieces with little water (enough to cook the beef).
• Pressure cooks it until the beef pieces get cooked nicely.
• Open it after releasing the pressure and allow drying the excess water in it until thick gravy is formed.
• Mince the puttu pieces well and mix it with the beef gravy.
• Mix well for a minute until all the rice scraps completely coated with beef masala, but with a dry texture.
• Add in to serving plates; sprinkle coriander leaves and finely chopped onions on top.