A steaming hot recipe of Puttu without Puttu maker. Hot steamed rice cakes made with rice flour, coconut and water, steamed in cooker or idli pot in stainless steel tumblers. Perfect breakfast.
Idli Pot, steamer or electric pressure cooker like instant pot
Stainless steel tumblers.
Ingredients
2 Cups200 GramsRice FlourDry Roast in a pan for more flavor, optional.
1CupGrated Fresh Coconut
3/4tspSalt
1/2CupWater
1-2CrushedCardamom PodsOptional
2tbspGheeTo grease the tumblers
To serve Puttu with - Sweet Option
Sugar
Ghee
Banana
To serve Puttu with - Savory Option
Curry of your choice
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl add the rice flour, salt. Mix well.
Add water little by little and mix with a fork or your fingers until the flour is coated, dry kind crumbly - that when you make a fist should hold the shape but crumble if you press down.
Put the crumbly rice mixture into a sieve and pass it through. OPTIONAL STEP TO ENSURE THE PUTTU IS RIGHT TEXTURE.
Your puttu flour mixture is ready.
Prepare your tumblers - Take 4 large tumblers and grease them well with ghee.
Add a teaspoon full of coconut to the tumbler, add flour mixture until half. Add another 1 or 2 teaspoons of coconut. Repeat with flour mixture until full. Top with more coconut.
Do the above step for all the tumblers.
Once ready, steam them for 10-15 minutes.
When you are ready to serve, invert them onto a bowl or plate.
Serve with sugar, ghee and banana or any curry of your choice.
Notes
Use any flour you have. Same technique. Millet flour works very well.
Optionally roast the rice flour - enhances flavor.
Add water only little by little until you get the crumbly dry mixture.