Puttu

 Ingredients:

Rice                                    2 cups

Grated coconut                   1 cup           

Water                                   ½ cup

Method:

1-Add salt and approximately 3 table spoons of grated coconut into the flour and mix well.

2- Add water little by little to the rice/wheat flour and mix it.

 3-The flour should be wet enough for steaming, but we have to be careful when you add water to the flour.

4-The consistency has got to be right.

5-It should not become too watery.

6-Puttu has to be made in a Puttu maker.

7-Layer the Puttu maker with some grated coconut first, then the rice mixture and then the grated coconut again.

8-Steam for 2-3 minutes, take out and serve hot.

                                                                                                          Raúl Pérez