Arisi Vella Puttu/Navarathri (Friday)Recipes

This is a very traditional recipe made especially on fridays of

the navrathri.It is quiet a difficult and a long process one.There aren't many recipes for
puttu(made this way)on the net too.My aunt is too good at this and i took the recipe from
her and of course brushed up with Meenakshi ammal's books.

You will Need

One cup of Puttu mavu(rice flour)

One cup powdered jaggery

Few cashewnuts broken

One tbs of Ghee to fry them

A pinch of Cardamom powder

A pinch of edible Camphor

A pich of salt

A pich of Turmeric powder

One cup of Water

Three tbs of scraped Coconut

How to
1.Dry roast the flour(you get ready made puttu mavu in stores which is good)till brown and
until a nice aroma comes.Cool it for a while..

2.Heat one cup of water with salt and turmeric powder.

3.sprinkle this water on the flour little by little and get it to a consistency where you can hold
it tightly.

4.At the same time it should be loose when you don't press(like sand)

5.Tie it in a cloth

6.Tie it loose because it will expand.

7.Steam it in the idli cooker for 45 minutes.

8.meanwhile heat 1/4cup of water add powdered jaggery.once all the jaggery dissolves in it
strain it for impurities and boil further.

9.The syrup should be thick when you pour it in water it should not dissolve and be able to
make a soft ball out of it.

10.Now cool the steamed rice and add it to the jaagery syrup and close it and keep for 10
minutes.

11.After ten minutes(do not panic if it becomes a thick mass)crumble it with a thick laddle.

12.Fry the broken cashews in ghee add the cashews,cardamom powder,edible camphor and
mix well.Finally add scraped coconut and it is ready.