INGREDIENTS:
Rice Flour - 2 Cups
Water - 1 Cup
Salt -1/2 tsp
Coconut -3/4 Cup, grated
Cardamom -2 ,crushed
Ghee -1 tsp
Jaggery/Sugar - as needed
Utensils:
Puttu maker or Idly Steamer.
I used puttu maker to make puttu since its easy and mess free.If you dont have puttu maker,use a wet cloth and add the puttu flour and steam it in a idly steamer .
METHOD:
1.Fill 3/4 of the puttu maker with water and allow it to boil.
2.Keep the puttu maker and a plate for serving puttu ready
3.In a bowl add 2 cups of puttu flour.
4.Add Salt
5.Add Crushed Cardamom and mix well.
6.Mix well.
8.Add water and mix well little by little
9.Mix well.
10.You should be able to make a shape out of the flour and it should crumble up easily.
11.It should crumble easily.
12.Mix well without any lumps.
13.Keep the puttu maker ready.
14.Fill it with rice flour and coconut
15.Fill it fully.
16.Now its ready to steam
17.Keep it in the puttu steamer and boil it for 7 to 10 minutes until you see vapour coming out from the puttu maker holes.
18.Puttu is ready.
19.Serve it with banana and jaggery or with kadalai curry.
