Kuzha Puttu

Ingredients:

2 cups Red rice puttu flour

water

salt to taste

3/4 cup freshly grated coconut

A pinch of Cardamon powder

Ripe bananas

Sugar

Method:

• Heat a wide non stick pan and dry roast the red rice flour on low flame till it emits a nice aroma. Cool the flour and sieve it.
• In a big bowl, add the red rice flour, cardamon powder and salt and rub well to mix.  
• Sprinkle water little by little into the rice flour and mix well till it resembles bread crumbs. 
• In the meanwhile, boil water in the puttu maker base pan.
• Now fill the puttu maker's top with 2 tbsp of grated coconut followed by the puttu flour till you reach half of the puttu maker. Then again fill it with 2 tbsp of coconut  followed by the puttu flour till you reach the brim of the puttu maker. 
• Make sure you don't press the puttu flour and pack it loosely in the puttu maker. 
• Now place the top of the puttu maker to its base and steam for 6-8 mins. Remove and carefully push the steamed puttu out of the puttu maker.
• Serve the puttu hot with ripe bananas and fine sugar.