Putu piring
Singaporean steamed rice flour sweet snack / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Putu piring is a round-shaped steamed rice flour kueh (dessert) or sweet snack filled with palm sugar popular in Singapore. Commonly associated with Singaporean cuisine, it is usually made using stainless steel molds with a distinctive flower shape. It is a traditional dessert among the Malay community of the country.
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Type | Sweet dumpling |
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Course | Dessert |
Place of origin | Singapore[1][2][3][4] |
Region or state | Maritime Southeast Asia |
Created by | Malay Singaporeans |
Serving temperature | Commonly served with bamboo leaves and sweet sauce. |
Main ingredients | Rice flour or glutinous rice flour, filled with ground peanuts and sugar, or shredded coconut |
Similar dishes | Mont baung, Bhapa pitha, Puttu, Idli |
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There are two variations of putu piring. There is a thicker and rounder version as well as flatter version with a disc-like shape. Its composition can be compared to the cylindrical putu bambu that is eaten in Indonesia, which are steamed using bamboo tube containers instead and are of a different colour.