Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake).
You can cook Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake) using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake)
- You need 12 tbsp of rice flour.
- You need 1 pinch of Salt.
- You need 3/4 cup of grated coconut.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of grated coconut for topping/layering.
Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake) step by step
- Combine rice flour, a pinch of salt, coconut very nicely..
- Add water gradually to the rice flour coconut mix approximately 1/4 cup of water. Mix it very well. It should not be doughy..
- In order to check the ratio of the flour mix to water, gently press a small portion of the mixture between your palm and should form a lump. When pressed further, the lump breaks and crumbled. This should be texture..
- Put on the flame. Take a pressure cooker. Add water enough to cook the puttu. Close the pressure cooker without the weight..
- While water is getting ready for boiling, we do the filling.6 Take a chiratta, add table spoon of coconut, fill puttu mixture and spread it evenly. Make sure you don't press it while filling the shell.
- While the steam comes through the whistle hole, put the chiratta in the hole and steam the puttu for 5-6 minutes in medium flame, till you can see the steam coming out of the puttu..
- Remove the shell carefully aad invert it on a serving plate. Serve it immediately with bananas and pappadum. Also you can have it with kadala curry (black chana), or green peas curry or chicken curry or fish curry..
