Pittu (Steamed Coconut and Rice Flour Bread)

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Ingredients
  • 250g White Rice Flour
  • 250g Coconut (Finely grated) or Desiccated Coconut 
  • Salt to taste
  • Hot Water
  • 180ml coconut milk (01st milk) 


Method
  1. Roast and sieve the rice flour well.
  2. 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.)
  3. Place the flour in a large round bowl and add salt to taste.
  4. Slowly pour in hot water, and mix with your fingers until it resembles bread crumbs.
  5. Add the grated coconut and mix the both look like fine crumbs.
  6. Fill a bamboo or metal cylinder with the mixture and press down lightly and place over a pan of boiling water.
  7. Steam pittu for 05 - 08 minutes until its done.
  8. Allow to cool a little, unmold and pour coconut milk for moistening.
  9.  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.




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