Rice - Vella (Jaggerry) Puttu for Navarathri!

Rice - Vella (Jaggery) Puttu

Vella Puttu, a delicious Recipe made with Raw Rice,  is a  traditional recipe which  we make during Navarathri Celebrations! It comes very well if we make it with little patience and concentration! 

I'm thankful to my dear Friend and her Mom in learning this great dish! At the same time, I thank my dear Mother-in-law and my lovable Chithi in explaining the steps! 

Here we go with the Delicious Recipe! 

Ingredients : 

Raw rice : 1 cup

Jaggery : 1 cup

Ghee : 2 tbsp

Grated Coconut : 1 tbsp

Cashew nuts : 4 - 5 nuts

Cardamom : 3 pods

Turmeric powder : 1 pinch

Crystal Salt : 2 pinches

Method :

Wash and Soak Raw Rice for​ 30 - 45 minutes and drain the water completely!

Spread the soaked Raw Rice on a clean dry towel and allow it to dry in shade. It must dry completely. If you take in your hands, it must not stick on to your hands!

Now roast the dried Raw Rice with Cardamom pods, little by little to reddish without oil or ghee in low flame!

Dry grind the roasted Raw Rice to fine powder. You can use a seive to get a fine powder!

Take half glass of water in a sause pan. Add turmeric powder and Crystal salt. Heat this turmeric water very mildly!

Add this mild hot water to the Raw Rice powder little by little and mix it slowly! Don't make it as a dough! It must have moisture and must be crumple enough that if you make a ball of that mixture it must come but if you leave it it must crumple down again! (பிடிச்சா பிடிக்க வரணும்; விட்டா உதிறணும்!)

Now take a clean white cloth! Put the crumple Raw Rice mixture in it and tie it to make a small bundle of it!

Steam cook the bundle for about 15 minutes. (Just like Idli - no whistle needed!) 

Now take the steam cooked Raw Rice mixture and allow it to cool for few minutes. Crumple it with your hands so that no lumps are formed! (You can use a sieve for this or just whip it once in a mixer grinder!) It must be like bread crumbs!

Fry the cashew nuts and grated coconut in Ghee to Golden brown and keep aside.

Dissolve jaggery in 1 cup of water and filter the impurities. We must make a thick syrup with this jaggery water. Bring this jaggery water to boil. It must boil continuously.

When it thickens, test it for right padham!

Take one tsp of this syrup and drop it in water. If you are able to make a thick ball out of it, then this is the right stage! Simmer the stove! 

Pour the Jaggery syrup to the crumpled Raw Rice mixture little by little, stirring continuously and mix well! 

Season with fried coconut and cashew nuts.

Vella Puttu is ready for Neivedhyam!

Note: 

* While steaming the bundle, keep the bundle upside down, i.e., the knot of the bundle must be in the bottom!

* Don't try to add the Raw rice crumples ​to the jaggery syrup! Instead, pour the jaggery syrup to the crumpled Raw rice and mix well! You may think both are same but it makes lot of difference! 


Wishing you all a very Happy Navarathri Celebrations! 

Will be back with yet another healthy and delicious Recipes! Till then, have a Healthy and Happy days!