Banana Puttu
Banana Puttu is a Kerala Indian breakfast dish made with nendran bananas, rice flour, grated coconut, jaggery and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 25 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~380 kcal
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Kerala (Indian)
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Ingredients
What goes into Banana Puttu. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Nendran bananas
- Rice flour
- Grated coconut
- Jaggery (optional)
- Salt
- Water
Method
- 1Mash ripe Nendran bananas thoroughly.
- 2Mix mashed banana with rice flour and a pinch of salt.
- 3Layer grated coconut and banana-flour mixture in a puttu maker.
- 4Add jaggery pieces between layers if desired.
- 5Steam for 10-12 minutes until cooked and firm.
- 6Serve warm.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
