Puttu is one of the main players in a Malayali diet. It is also one of my favorites - along with Kadala(Bengal gram) curry. However if you are a working woman who just slumped into bed at night without remembering to immerse the Bengal grams in water to make them soft, I have a sweet alternative for you here today! Presenting the Pazham-curry for the busy bees ...
Ingredients:
2 Nendran(Kerala) Bananas
Rice powder(Puttu powder would do)
Sugar
Procedure:
Slice the banana into 1 cm thick circles. Add some sugar(2 or more tablespoons depending on how sweet you like it), 3 tablespoons of rice powder, enough water to cover and boil. Lower the flame slightly and let it cook for 10 minutes or so. If your curry is not thick enough, add some more rice powder. When done, the banana would have partly disintegrated into curry. Add some coconut and heat for a minute. If you're like my mom, you may want to add some cardamom powder for flavour, but I like to keep mine simple. Your pazham curry is now ready to eat!
Slice the banana into 1 cm thick circles. Add some sugar(2 or more tablespoons depending on how sweet you like it), 3 tablespoons of rice powder, enough water to cover and boil. Lower the flame slightly and let it cook for 10 minutes or so. If your curry is not thick enough, add some more rice powder. When done, the banana would have partly disintegrated into curry. Add some coconut and heat for a minute. If you're like my mom, you may want to add some cardamom powder for flavour, but I like to keep mine simple. Your pazham curry is now ready to eat!
Sweet Pazham curry
Puttu
(I wanted to put a photo of the whole puttu,
but couldn't wait to eat, which is why you see a broken puttu ;) )
