Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake)

Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake).

You can have Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake) using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake)

1. You need 12 tbsp of rice flour.
2. You need 1 pinch of Salt.
3. Prepare 3/4 cup of grated coconut.
4. Prepare 3 tbsp of grated coconut for topping/layering.

Kerala Puttu (Steamed rice cake) step by step

1. Combine rice flour, a pinch of salt, coconut very nicely..
2. Add water gradually to the rice flour coconut mix approximately 1/4 cup of water. Mix it very well. It should not be doughy..
3. 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..
4. Put on the flame. Take a pressure cooker. Add water enough to cook the puttu. Close the pressure cooker without the weight..
5. 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.
6. 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..
7. 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..

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