Since few days, I have been thinking of making something different with the big loaf of Multigrain bread remaining in the bread basket. Really bored of the regular Bread Jam, Bread Peanut butter, Bread with Nutella. Though I heard of this bread puttu from one of my friends, I never get a chance either to make it or taste it before. I followed the regular procedure for making this puttu without a traditional puttu maker. It came out decently and it could be served with some uppuma ( with rava, semiya ) as a combo for breakfast. It will definitely be an ideal and healthy breakfast for kids. Preparation time for this puttu is also very less...So, don't get scared with the second loaf of any bread variety which you buy from the wholesale stores ( like Costco, BJs)...The second loaf can easily be consumed by making this variety too....
Ingredients
Multigrain Bread - 1 full loaf
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cardamom Powder - 2 tsp
Cashew Nuts - 2 tbsp
Fresh Coconut flakes - 1/2 a cup
Sugar - Between 1/4 to 3/4th of a cup ( depending upon the sweetness of the bread )
Method
- Grind the remaining loaf of the Multigrain bread in a mixer grinder.
- Mix the bread puttu powder with the fresh coconut flakes and steam them together in a vessel for 5 -10 minutes. As I don't have the puttu maker, I steamed them by keeping the puttu vessel inside a big kadai and covered the kadai with the lid. After its steam cooked completely, keep the steamed puttu ready.
- On medium heat, add ghee into the kadai. When its heated, add the cashew nuts and fry them for few minutes till they get golden brown.
- Add the steamed puttu mix to the kadai.
- Add the cardamom powder and sugar to the puttu now.
- Mix them all well for few minutes and switch off the flame.
- Now the healthy puttu is ready with rich taste and good flavour.
Tips
Any variety of excess bread loaf can be converted into puttu form.!!! Though its a healthy option, multigrain puttu variety would be little heavy, so its difficult to eat more quantity whereas the wheat bread puttu is softer and can be eaten easily by kids.
