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| Quick scrambled wheat flour (puttu ) stir fry with egg and spinach |
Pittu is scrambled rice flour or all purpose flour cake. It resembles couscous and has a taste vaguely similar to it. This an Asian dish found in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. Its spelling and pronunciation can vary from country to country. It may be either puttu or pittu. It can be consumed as a sweet or savory. It is normally eaten with curry, coconut sambol butter and sugar or maple syrup. This recipe is for stir frying pre-made puttu. My recipe for making puttu is here.
Today I will make a quick stir fry with eggs and spinach. It a good dish for breakfast.
Recipe summary
For
Quick scrambled wheat flour (puttu ) stir fry with egg and spinach
Preparation
1. Beat 1 egg with ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper and keep aside.
2. If you made the pittu in a barrel steamer crush the pittu to break into small pieces.
If you made the putu in a simple steamer it need not be crushed because they are already in the state you want it to be.
3. Wash 100 grams spinach leaves and wipe them to dry. Chop them coarsely.
4. Chop 1 onion and 1 green chili coarsely.
5. Wash and cut 8 curry leaves fine.
Method
1. Heat a large pan or a wok. When it is hot add 2 tablespoon sesame or olive oil. When the oil is hot reduce the heat and add 1 onion coarsely chopped chili and fry for 3 minutes or till onions are translucent.
2. Add curry leaves and fry for a minute.
3. Add chopped spinach stir fry for 1 minute.
4. Add the beaten egg and give it a good stir.
Continue to stir and fry for 3 minutes or until the egg becomes firm.
5. Lastly add pittu and fry while stirring for 3 minutes. If you like you can add a teaspoon of butter to give additional taste. That is it.
Serve while still warm. It can be served on its own or with curry or with something fried like chicken, fish or vegetables.
Variations
There are many possible variations to make this recipe richer. You can add fried egg plant, potato and deep fried onion.
you can add fried peanut and sprats or fried chicken pieces.
The following pictures shown at the bottom are showing ways how I make puttu in a big steamer.
Quick scrambled wheat flour (puttu ) stir fry with egg and spinach is ready.
Recipe follows in detail with pictures.For
Quick scrambled wheat flour (puttu ) stir fry with egg and spinach
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 1
Preparation
1. Beat 1 egg with ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper and keep aside.
2. If you made the pittu in a barrel steamer crush the pittu to break into small pieces.
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| Ingredients |
3. Wash 100 grams spinach leaves and wipe them to dry. Chop them coarsely.
4. Chop 1 onion and 1 green chili coarsely.
5. Wash and cut 8 curry leaves fine.
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| Puttu before stir fried |
Method
1. Heat a large pan or a wok. When it is hot add 2 tablespoon sesame or olive oil. When the oil is hot reduce the heat and add 1 onion coarsely chopped chili and fry for 3 minutes or till onions are translucent.
2. Add curry leaves and fry for a minute.
3. Add chopped spinach stir fry for 1 minute.
4. Add the beaten egg and give it a good stir.
Continue to stir and fry for 3 minutes or until the egg becomes firm.
5. Lastly add pittu and fry while stirring for 3 minutes. If you like you can add a teaspoon of butter to give additional taste. That is it.
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| Quick puttu stir fry with egg and spinach |
Variations
There are many possible variations to make this recipe richer. You can add fried egg plant, potato and deep fried onion.
you can add fried peanut and sprats or fried chicken pieces.
The following pictures shown at the bottom are showing ways how I make puttu in a big steamer.
Quick scrambled wheat flour (puttu ) stir fry with egg and spinach is ready.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 1
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| Ingredients |
Main
300 grams pittu.
Others
1 onion chopped coarsely
1 egg beaten
1 green chilli cut into small pieces
100 grams spinach chopped coarsely
2 tablespoon sesame or olive oil
¼ teaspoon pepper powder
¼ tsp salt
8 curry leaves chopped fine
1 egg beaten
1 green chilli cut into small pieces
100 grams spinach chopped coarsely
2 tablespoon sesame or olive oil
¼ teaspoon pepper powder
¼ tsp salt
8 curry leaves chopped fine
Preparation
Beat the egg with salt and pepper and keep aside.
If you made the pittu in a barrel steamer crush the pittu to break into small pieces; like what is shown in this picture.
If you made the putu in a simple steamer it need not be crushed to set the pieces apart be cause they are already in the state you want it to be.
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| Broken puttu made by barrel steamer |
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| Steamed puttu |
Wash spinach leaves and wipe them to dry. Chop them coarsely.
Method
Heat a large pan or a wok. When it is hot add the vegetable oil. When the oil is hot reduce the heat and add onion and chili and fry for 3 minutes or till onions are translucent. Add curry leaves and fry for a minute.
Add chopped spinach stir fry for 1 minute.
Add the beaten egg and give it a good stir.
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| Added egg and spinach, Onion and green chili. |
Add the beaten egg and give it a good stir.
Continue to stir and fry for 3 minutes or until the egg becomes firm.
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| Addition of egg |
Lastly add pittu and fry while stirring for 3 minutes. If you like you can add a teaspoon of butter to give additional taste. That is it. Serve while still warm. It can be served on its own or with curry or with something fried like chicken, fish or vegetables.
Variations
There are many possible variations to make this recipe richer. You can add fried egg plant, potato and deep fried onion if you wanted this to be a vegetarian dish, But if you are not concerned with it being a vegetarian dish you can add fried peanut and sprats.You can use store bought
fried peanut and sprats or you cant make your own.
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| Final stage |
Variations
There are many possible variations to make this recipe richer. You can add fried egg plant, potato and deep fried onion if you wanted this to be a vegetarian dish, But if you are not concerned with it being a vegetarian dish you can add fried peanut and sprats.You can use store bought
fried peanut and sprats or you cant make your own.
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| Quick puttu stir fry with egg and spinach |
The following pictures shown at the bottom are showing ways how I make puttu in a big steamer.
I make once in 2 weeks and divide the puttu and freeze in small packets for future use as needed.
This is enough for three or four days.
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| Puttu is ready for steaming |
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| Steamed puttu |
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| The big steamer |
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