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Golu Photos and Rice Flour Puttu
October 8th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Festivals of India, Food Blog Events, Sweets, Vegan Sweets | 
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It seemed like Navarathri started just now and it’s already the 9th day, Saraswathi Pooja. Happy Pooja holidays everybody. We prepare a lot of sweets and sundals these holidays, but “puttu” is very important and our favorite too.
This puttu is different from what the Keralites prepare. It’s made with rice flour, grated coconut and jaggery. The process is also time consuming but worth every effort. Traditionally it’s prepared by soaking raw rice in water, draining it, spreading it on a cloth and powdering the rice, while the rice is still damp. But to make the process more simple store bought rice flour is used. This is especially prepared on a Friday and is distributed to everybody who visits our home to see the Golu. I’ve prepared it successfully a couple of times 3 years back, but now I have totally forgotten the procedure. Fortunately my mother is here and she prepared it this time. It came out very well and I wanted to record it before I forget it once again.
2. Boil little water (around 1 cup) with salt and turmeric powder.
3. Sprinkle as much water as required in the toasted flour little by little. The correct consistency is, you should be able to form balls, but at the same time you should also be able to crumble it back into powdered form.
4. Steam this flour mixture for 20 minutes. My mother filled little water in a big frying pan, placed a small trivet in the bottom and used the vegetable steamer which came alongwith my electric rice cooker to steam the flour. Wet a cotton cloth and pour the prepared rice powder in it and cover by bringing the ends of the cloth over the flour and place it on the vegetable steamer and close the frying pan with a lid.
5. Once the flour is steamed, transfer this mixture to a big plate and spread it. If it has lumps sift it using a sieve.
6. Meanwhile in another vessel add the jaggery and water just enough to cover the jaggery and melt it.
7. Sieve the jaggery solution to get rid of any impurities.
8. Again pour it back in the vessel, add the coconut, cardamom powder and pachakarpooram and let this mixture boil.
9. When a drop of the jaggery syrup is dropped in cold water, you should be able to form it into a ball. When you reach this consistency switch of the stove and remove the vessel from the stove.
10. Now add this mixture little by little to the steamed flour and simultaneously mix the flour and jaggery syrup with the other hand using a spatula. I have a big wooden fork which is simply perfect for this job. Be careful because the syrup will be very hot and it will scald your skin if it drops.
11. In a dry skillet toast the cashew pieces and add it to the prepared Puttu.
2. Cashewnuts can be toasted in ghee. Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee and fry the cashews in it and add it to the Puttu. This keeps well for a week.
This is my entry for the following events:
1. Vaishali’s Sweet Vegan.
2. Srivalli’s JFI-Festival Treats.
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October 8th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Santa and Saibaba,in same steps…it’s unique..and your circus set is cute…As well as the Riceflour puttu
Emmadhamum Sammadham, Sandhiya.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Lovely photos Madhu! its interesting how different the navratri celebrations are in different cultures!
October 8th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Lovely golu madhu..and amma makes this kind of puttu..I just love them..
October 8th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Beautiful Golu Madhu..I too make Puttu the same way..
October 8th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Beautiful koluvu pictures.
love that circus setting.
vineela
October 8th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Happy Saraswathi Pooja and Vijayadashami Madhu
We make puttu like this one , looks tasty!
Nice car track and golu!
October 8th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Madhuram,
..do try the brown rice barley dosas..they feature on a weekly basis here!:)
Happy Navaratri and Dusshera to you! Loved the GOLU and ur style of puttu! Very different! (Tks for visiting the nutritious recipes on my blog
Purnima, I did check the tofu I’m buying, it’s organic and it doesn’t have any emulsifiers. Thanks once again for the heads up. I’m going to try the dosas very soon. Actually I have bookmarked a couple of recipes from your blog. I loved your dosa collection.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Beautiful golu… very homely! Puttu just adds to the theme. Saw your message pretty late Madhuram… so couldn’t make the lace cookies, wil try it sometime later
Divya, thank you very much.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:13 am
oh! I luved ur golu…especially the park! Its real fun! did u get those from india? i mean the dolls. Is that your saree on the steps?
Thank you very much Sangeeth. The dolls in the park are plastic and got everything from the nearby Dollar Store. One is circus and the other one is amusement park. The green color cloth is my silk dupatta.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Happy Navaratri,Madhu
Thanks Sweatha.