About Us

About Us

Hello, I am Siti.

I started this blog in Jan 2014 to promote my business in Penang.
I am doing my Putu Piring business in Bandar Sri Penang.

Since I was kid, I am interesting in cooking especially making “kuih-muih”.

I was so lucky that my interest became to my business. It is a glad that I can serve many of you as my customer. 
Come and visit me at Bandar Sri Penang pasar malam and taste my Putu Piring.

What is Putu Piring?

What is Putu Piring?

Putu piring is a type of round, steamed rice cake with a centre of melted palm sugar. A Malay adaptation of an Indian dish, it is a popular local snack. 

Description
Made of ground rice flour, these cakes are shaped by conical moulds into circular mounds. A spoonful of gula Melaka (palm sugar) is placed in the centre and then the cake covered with a second layer of rice flour. A small cut of pandanus or banana leaf is pressed in before the ball of dough is turned upside down and left on a small cheesecloth covering a small plate for steaming. Each mould is covered with an individual conical lid and steamed for a few minutes. When cooked, the cakes are removed from their metal plate with the help of a small cut of banana leaf. They are topped with slightly salted grated coconut to add a savoury touch to the sweet cake. If the flour was sieved, the putu piring almost melts in the mouth. The lump of gula Melaka melts during the steaming process and oozes out at the first bite. 


Putu piring can be eaten hot or cold. It is usually eaten at breakfast but is also served on festive occasions such as during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

History
Putu piring has the same ingredients as putu mayam (Southern Indian string hoppers) and is served with the same toppings. Thus the dish is believed to be a Malay adaptation of the Indian snack. Piring is Malay for “plate”, probably a reference to the miniature plates on which the dish is cooked. Putu is the name of the basic steamed rice flour cakes found in Sri Lanka and Southern India. In fact, they are cooked in bamboo hollows, similar to putu bamboo, a variation of putu piring sans gula Melaka.

When sold by itinerant hawkers in pre-war Singapore, putu piring moulds were made of copper. Today they are made of aluminium. To ensure freshness, the hawkers would grate the gula Melaka and coconut only upon serving the cooked item rather than prepare the toppings beforehand.

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Services

The services we provide 

● Corporate Get Together 

● Parties

● Weddings
● Group Functions
● Out Door Catering
● Theme Dinners
● Special Entertainment Shows
● Birthday Function
● Bazaar
● Canteen Day

Contact Us

CONTACT US

Name: Siti Enterprise

Address: 

Pinang court 2

Lebuh sungai pinang 1

11600 Georgetown

Pulau Pinang

Malaysia.

(Pasar malam)

Email: putupiringpenang@gmail.com

Tel: 012-452 2453

Operating Hours: Saturday: 3:00 pm tills 10:00 pm
(receive orders for large events)




Operating Hours: Saturday: 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm