((Compiled by: Kandiah Thillaivinayagalingam))
[Food Habits Of present Tamils-continuing]
Puttu is a very popular breakfast dish of steamed cylinders of ground rice layered with coconut.This referred to as Pittu in Sri Lanka.In old times puttu was steamed in a bamboo tube with a pierced disc at the bottom, fixed tightly over the mouth of a pot in which water was boiled.These days instead of using bamboo tubes for steaming,puttu is cooked in...
