During the Chinese New Year, I decided to take a stroll along Brickfields and I stumbled upon a place which sells 'puttu atta' and 'puttu ragi'.Well, most of us are familiar with 'puttu mayam' - those strings of beehoon-like snack served with coconut shavings and brown sugar.
Well, there's also 'puttu bambu (bamboo)' where the powdery white rice mix is steamed with a few raisins in bamboo sections and 'puttu piring' where the mix is steamed in slightly flat metal plates with dark brown sugar inside.
Now, there's 'puttu atta' 
where the mix is wholemeal and 'puttu ragi' has a darker mix made of ragi (not sure what that is). Communication with the staff was difficult, punctuated with lots of head shaking and smiling.
where the mix is wholemeal and 'puttu ragi' has a darker mix made of ragi (not sure what that is). Communication with the staff was difficult, punctuated with lots of head shaking and smiling. However, they we
re nice enough to let me take some photos. One even offered to pose for me!! Guess they are used to 'tourists' (ha, ha)!
re nice enough to let me take some photos. One even offered to pose for me!! Guess they are used to 'tourists' (ha, ha)!Notice the unique steaming 'towers' too! The mix is stuffed into the long towers and placed over the base in the stove.
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