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| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
| Servings |
serving
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Ingredients
- 2 cups rice flour white / puttupodi
- 1/2 cup coconut
- salt
- water
Ingredients
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Instructions
- for making puttupodi/puttu flour,soak rice for 3-4 hr.wash and drain water completely.spread rice on a paper towel,and dry maximum.in a blender,blend rice and separate fine powder by using a sifter(puttu tharippa).repeat the process and get a fine powder.finally add the remaining fine rice granules to the rice flour .roast the flour for few minute (sandy consistency).you will get a nice smell.then switch off the stove.stire well .no need for a deep roasted powder like pathiri podi.
- or you can buy puttupodi from any Indian grocery.different brands are available.
- for making puttu ,take puttu podi/flour in a bowl
- add sufficient salt
- sprinkle water in to it and mix well with your fingers.
- for checking right consistency,take a handful of wet flour and just press it.it should hold its shape.when you press little harder it should crumble.
- there should be no lumps.
- take a puttu kutty/mold.add 2 tsp grated coconut in it then add 2 handful flour.again add grated coconut followed by flour.repeat the same till puttu mold is full.it should be end with coconut layer.
- take water in a put pot.place it in the stove and boil.fix puttu kutty in the pot.
- once steam coming out from mold lower the flame.
- again cook for 5-6 minutes.
- switch off stove.
- remove puttu kutty/mold from pot.
- gently push the puttu using a spatula.
- serve hot with kadala curry and pappadam.
Recipe Notes
you can use idly pot or steamer for making puttu.
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