November 14, 2016, 03:34 PM 
Putu mayam is a vermicelli-like, steamed traditional Indian dish made from rice flour and water, usually consumed as a breakfast food in Singapore.
Here's what it looks like.
According to cooking website, Travelling Foodies, the ingredients needed to make the dish are as follows.
Screenshot from Travelling foodies
Alternative
A Singaporean site, Food For Life TV, recently released a video that provided an alternative take on the putu payam.
The ingredients used and cooking method were almost identical to the traditional method, with one glaring difference.
The rice flour was replaced with bee hoon.
Not well-received
The insertion of bee hoon in Food For Life's video raised quite a few eyebrows.
Some were worried about the textural differences
Others took issue with the infringement of the Putu Mayam brand
The subtext of most of the complaints had to do with tradition though
Food For Life TV, on it's part, tried to explain the rationale behind the use of bee hoon.
Namely, the issue of scarcity overseas.
All images from Food For Life TV
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