Kambu Puttu with Palm Sugar

Cooks in: 20 Minutes Serves: 2 People

Puttu is a breakfast delicacy generally made in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is made using processed rice flour. I have already shared jowar puttu with jaggery. Palm sugar is a sweetener made from the sap present in the buds of the palm tree. It is unrefined and rich in vitamins and minerals. Its low glycemic index makes it diabetic friendly. Millet puttu flour is available in Khadi Outlets.

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Pulimaa/kuzhambu maa upma

Cooks in: 20 Minutes Serves: 2 People

Kuzhambu maa umpa is an age old traditional dish of tambrahm household. Rice flour is mixed with tamarind extract or sour curd, spiced up and made into umpa. I have a lot of fond memories of this umpa and my grandma! She used to make the most delicious upma for evening snack. We used to mix sugar and gulp it when it was still hot. The slight charring (kaandhal) is so tasty and we used to fight among ourselves for that! I replaced rice flour with multi millet flour for this recipe.

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Sprouts Pesarattu Dosa

Cooks in: 30 Minutes Serves: 4 People

Sprouting grains increases many of the grains' key nutrients including Vitamin B, Vitamin C, folate, fibre and essential amino acids which are lacking in the milled grains and pulses. Pesarattu is generally made using the split/whole moong by soaking and grinding. I used the sprouted green gram and moth beans (matki) and made this nutritious pesarattu dosa.

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