This is a traditional recipe that’s made during Navarathri Festival – esp. on a Friday. As far as I know there are only two occasions when this recipe is made – one is during this festival and another when a young girl attains puberty. Yes, you read that right! Our culture celebrates the event with pomp. As to what goes through that young girl’s mind, at that time, is a separate discussion altogether 
Among the delicious Sundals like Kadalai Paruppu Sundal, Kara Kondakadalai Sundal, Rajma Sundal, Verkadalai (Peanut) Sundal, Mulai Payaru (Sprouted Green Gram) Sundal, Chickpeas (Kondakadalai) Sundal, this puttu is of equal prominence.
The traditional recipe is little arduous compared to the other recipes made during this festival. My mom’s version is quite straightforward where she uses fine idli rava to replace the parboiled rice. We do not use rice flour in this recipe. One important thing to note about the following is the amount of jaggery. My perima (my mom’s sister) is famous for her puttu that I absolutely LOVE and request for every time I visit her. She uses equal jaggery – parboiled rice version. Example: If you use 1 cup parboiled rice, you would use 1 cup Jaggery. This will make for a sweet addictive puttu. This version below will make a very mildly sweet puttu which is the preference of my family (read as husband and kid). Though this takes time and little effort, the end result is so worth it. (...)
Read the rest of Vella Puttu using Idli Rava (Navaratri Special) at Chef In You
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