Jan 08 2009
Putu Mayam
My son was playing outside the house and the Indian man riding a motorbike passed by our house. He is selling the Indian sweet delicacy called Putu Mayam. My son, asked the Indian man to stop because he wants to eat. It is selling at RM0.5o per piece and I bought 4 pieces for the kids.
Putu mayam is a sweet dish of rice noodles with coconut and jaggery as main ingredients. It is popular as a snack or breakfast food here.The process for making putu mayam consists of mixing rice flour with water or coconut milk, and pressing the dough through a sieve to make vermicelli-like noodles. These are steamed, usually with the addition of juice from the aromatic screwpine leaf as flavouring. The noodles are served with grated coconut and coconut palm sugar.
My kids really love it and they had it during their tea time. I even packed it for them into their bento box.
