Poutou is a traditional Mauritian snack made with ground rice, coconut and milk. Our version is a simplified recipe. Learn how to make these soft and delicate coconut poutous at home in only a few steps!
mauritian coconut poutou
Ingredients
- 90 g white rice (short grain) or rice flour
- 50 g desiccated coconut
- 40 g caster sugar
- 150 ml warm milk
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp butter room temp
- ½ tsp vanilla essence
Instructions
- If you're using white rice, start by grinding the rice in a blender until it turns into very fine grounded rice.
- In a large bowl, add all the ingredients and mix until everything is well combined.
- Rest the mixture for 20 minutes at room temperature.
- Using a microwave-safe silicone cupcake mold, divide the mixture equally into 6. Then gently press the top of the mixture with a spoon to make them flat and uniform.
- Place in the microwave and cook for 5 minutes on normal settings.
- Let them rest for 5 minutes then unmold and coat with desiccated coconut while they are still warm.
My mother will be thrilled! She bought a tin poutou mould many years ago when she went to Mauritius on holiday but has never found a recipe for the soft poutou of old. The few poutou you can find today are tough and tasteless. Thank you so much.
That’s great to hear! We hope that she will love our recipe and that it’ll bring her good memories! Thanks for watching our videos! 🙂
Highly recommended 😋
Yes! Thank you. I’ve been looking for this for a long time now
That’s amazing , will definitely try it
Very easy and tasty recipe thanks for sharing best specially who do not eat weat grain because of any health issue i make this for my kids
Ça à l’air très simple Je veut l’essayer aussitôt possible merci pour la recette de rêve
Tried it and it was very soft and yummy
Thanks from the bottom of the heart for sharing this yummy recipe of coconut poutou in simple way surely will try it .
I have been dying to eat some toutou for a long time.
Always thought poutou could only be prepared by the NASA( yea the Aeronautics)
Now I know it can be cooked just like that.
Now I wish to eat Nan farata which was very popular during Ramadan in the 1970s
Wonderful and very nice to see the recipe so well defined.
Would love to share with my family abroad which they have difficulty having it in
Hi! Can we use poutou maker (steamed) instead of microwave?
Hi there, yes you can! If the mix in too runny, add some more rice flour 😉
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this good recipe
How do you store these, in the fridge?
Can you please tell me how to store these overnight, in the fridge?
Hi Laurel, sorry for the late reply. You can store them in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Good morning from Carcaixent Valencia Spain. Mauritian by birth and living for over 45 years. Real soft and yummy Poutous. Thanks for this very simple and yet wonderful recipe.
Thank you so much for your feedback Mike! We really appreciate hearing from Mauritians around the world! Take good care 🙂
Delicious 😋 mouth watering dear friend stay connected with me
I do it with ground rice usually.. now i will try it this way too🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺
Malaysian version with pandan and palm sugar seems much better nah?
I have done it.its has become yummy.
Yaya mauritius is the best 🤣💞💞💞👍👍😋😋
This way of making poutou is fantastic.
Seems easy with effective result.
Thank you
so yummy in the philippines we also have this rice cake and we also called it “puto”
Thanks so much for this upload.. that was one of my go to snacks while walking to primary school 20 years back.
That’s amazing. Will definitely try it soon