STUFFED SWEET PUTTU

Here is the recipe for stuffed sweet putu.

STUFFED SWEET PUTU

Ingredients:

2 cups of steamed rice flour.
½ cup grated jaggery (vellam)
1 cup coconut scrapings
A pinch of salt
Little ghee

Method:
Put the puttu flour in a basin.
Add in the salt.
Sprinkle little warm water and mix it with your fingers.
The flour should not be too dry or too wet.
Use a coarse sieve to sieve the flour.
Add in ½ the coconut and mix the flour well.
The flour should be loose like rava.


Grease the idli plates with little ghee.
Put in little flour in the mould of the idli plate.
Add 1 tsp of the grated jaggery in the middle of the flour.
Now add more flour to cover the jaggery thinly.
Press it lightly and steam the puttu for about 7 minutes.
Remove the puttu slowly, it will retain its shape.
Now heap a little coconut on top and serve it hot.