Keema Puttu Mutton Malabari recipe

Ingredients for Keema Puttu:

1. Puttu powder – 1 kg
2. Water – 600 milli
    Salt – As required
3. Coconut oil – 2 small spoons
4. Green chillies and ginger, finely chopped – 1 small spoon each
    Shallots, finely chopped – 2 small spoons
5. Minced meat – 250 gm
6. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
    Salt – As required
7. Coconut grated – 1 full
8. Pepper powder – ½ tsp

How to prepare Keema Puttu?

1. Prepare puttu powder by adding sufficient salt and water.
2. Heat coconut oil in a non-stick pan and sauté ingredients no: 4.
3. Add the minced meat to the pan and sauté well.
4. Cook the meat, adding sufficient water and turmeric powder.
5. When it is done, add grated coconut and pepper powder and sauté again. This mixture is used as the filling for Keema Puttu.
4. Keep the puttu maker (puttu kutti) in the steam for a while and put two teaspoons of meat filling into it.
5. Then add 5 big spoons of puttu powder and continue the process to form a few layers of puttu and meen peera.
6. Cook in steam to prepare Keema puttu and serve it hot alongside Malabari Mutton.

Ingredients for Mutton Malabari:

1. Boneless mutton cut into pieces – ½ kg
2. Coconut oil – 5 big spoons
3. Onions sliced – ½ cup
    Ginger, green chillies and garlic cut into fine, lengthy pieces – 1 small spoon each
    Curry leaves – 1 stalk
4. Coriander powder – 2 big spoons
    Chilli powder – 1 big spoon
    Turmeric powder – ¾ small spoon
5. Grinded tomato – ¼ cup
6. Salt – As required
   Water – As required
7. Coconut milk – from 2 coconuts
8. Garam masala – 1 small spoon 

How to prepare Mutton Malabari?

1. Heat oil and sauté ingredients no: 3.
2. Mix ingredients no: 4, adding a little water.
3. When onions turn brown in colour, add this paste to the onions and sauté again.
4. When a pleasant aroma arises, add tomato paste and sauté for three more minutes.
5. When the oil comes out of the gravy, add the mutton along with sufficient water and salt. Cook till it’s done.
6. Add coconut milk and garam masala powder and bring to a boil.
7. Add a little coconut oil and turn the flame off.
8. Serve Mutton Malabari with hot Keema Puttu.
 
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, May 1-14 2009
 
To read about the story of Kerala’s traditional dish Puttu, also known as Steam cake, click the link.
 

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