Pittu (Steamed Coconut and Rice Flour Bread)
Ingredients
- 250g White Rice Flour
- 250g Coconut (Finely grated) or Desiccated Coconut
- Salt to taste
- Hot Water
- 180ml coconut milk (01st milk)
Method
- Roast and sieve the rice flour well.
- Finely grate the coconut. (Desiccated coconut: Put it into a large bowl, sprinkle with the water and use your fingertips to work gently together until the coconut is moist. Fresh coconut does not need water.)
- Place the flour in a large round bowl and add salt to taste.
- Slowly pour in hot water, and mix with your fingers until it resembles bread crumbs.
- Add the grated coconut and mix the both look like fine crumbs.
- Fill a bamboo or metal cylinder with the mixture and press down lightly and place over a pan of boiling water.
- Steam pittu for 05 - 08 minutes until its done.
- Allow to cool a little, unmold and pour coconut milk for moistening.
- Serve with Katta Sambole, Coconut milk or with a fish or meat hot curry.
Tips:
- You can serve pittu with sweet accompanies such as coconut milk, grated palm sugar (jaggery), golden syrup or sugar.