Indian Dessert: Putu mayam

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A Peek into Indian Dessert - Putu mayam

Hi there! Today, I will be continuing last week's topic, which was based on Indian main dishes here in Malaysia. This week, we will know about their dessert. Well, we all know that their desserts were not bad and actually taste good as well just like other dessert that are available here in our home nation, Malaysia. We will start off with one of Malaysian's favorite, Putu mayam.

As we all know, Putu mayam is actually a malay word. It is known as Idiyappam in Tamil and it is a tamil dessert from southern India. It is commonly known in southern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia and also Singapore. The process of making it is rather simple than expected. It mainly consists of mixing rice flour or known as idiyappam flour with water and/or coconut milk. Then, you are required to press the dough through a sieve to make vermicelli-like noodles. These are steamed, and usually it is added with juice from the aromatic pandan leaf or known as screwpine as flavoring. The noodles on the other hand are served with grated coconut or preferably, gur which is date palm sugar.

Meanwhile in Malaysia, it is known as putu piring which is Malaysian version of the same thing. The rice flour dough is used to form a small piece of cake around a filling of coconut and gur or juggery. Same with putu mayam, they are commonly sold as street food from market stalls or carts here in Malaysia and also Singapore. In Indonesia, it is called as Putu mayang and is served with palm sugar added with coconut milk.

It is totally different if we compare it with the ones that in Tamil Nadu, southern India. Right there, it may be eaten for breakfast with the addition of vegetable stew or aviyal, fish curry and so on. But here, it served with some additional things too but we serve it with other sweet stuffs such as gula melaka. Putu mayam or Idiyappam is a typical dish in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and other southern Indian states. Sri Lanka were also famous with this dish. It's no surprise that commercial Iddiyapam is sold as a sort of instant way to make all of these dishes came true.

Well, that's all from me. Make sure you tune in to this blog from now on to know about Chinese's main cuisine next week, right here on foodelicious. Ciao!

Putu mayam. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2015, from http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1749_2011-01-05.html