Recipe(tried): Tongan Pudding (Puteni)

Well ladies, I have a great recipe for you

TONGAN PUTENI (PUDDING)

I made this today after a lovely Tongan lady gave me the recipe from Fairfield to make for my Tongan hubby. Be warned it makes a lot hehe

1kg raw sugar + 4 Cups of sugar (used at different stages)
450gms of butter
1 litre warm water
6-8 cups of Self Raising Flour
4 teaspoons nutmeg (I like to add 2tspns of cinamon aswell)
1 - 2 cups of mixed fruit if you like (I don't like the fruit in it)

METHOD
1. Melt down the 1kg sugar, be careful not to burn it and then set aside to cool. (not stick frypan is good for this stage)

2. In another pot melt down the butter then add 1 litre of warm water and keep stirring on low heat for a few mins then let cool.

3. Stir 6-8 cups of S.R.Flour with the nutmeg/cinamon into the butter/water mixture. Then add in the 4 cups of UNMELTED sugar and mixed fruit if you like.

4. Combine all together well then add the syrup to the flour mixture and stire well. Mixture should be like a fairly thick cake mix.

5. Use a large pudding cloth and steam away prob 1-2 hours or perhaps a little longer. Check to make sure the middle is not sticky before removing.

HINT: If you only want to make a small 2litre pudding dish (like we usually do) I usually quarter all my ingredients so the recipe is down to 2 cups of S.R.Flour. Usually most aussie puddings use 2 cups of flour in the 2litre pudding dishes.
Thanks Kina for this great recipe!!

Don't be fooled by thinking you can skip stage 1 and put all the sugar into the pudding at the same time - I thought I'd be clever and save time and it does not work! I HAD TO THROUGH MY FIRST PUDDING/PLAYDOUGH OUT hehe.