Simple Rice cake (Chiratta Puttu)

Ingredients:
Rice Flour-1 cup
Salt-1/4 tsp
Water- as required
Grated Coconut-1/4 cup

Method:

  • Take flour in a bowl, add salt and mix well
  • To this gently sprinkle water and mix well so that no lumps are formed.
  • You can add the water till the flour becomes little wet. To check the consistency of flour and water you can hold the mixture tight into your wrist, if it holds tight, then it is done.Too much water will spoil the flour. It should be like how u hold fresh grated coconut tight into your wrist.
  • Add half of the coconut into this and mix well.
  • Sprinkle some coconut on the bottom of the shell and fill the shell with the mixture of rice flour.
  • Place a cooker with 3 cups of water removing the weight.
  • When the steam comes through the nozzle, place the shell on top and cover the shell with a lid.
  • Place the heat in medium heat. Cook for 5 mins and by pricking with a fork or toothpick you will come to know whether it is done.
  • If the raw smell goes, then its done.
  • Demould it from the shell and serve hot with Banana or curry.

 Note:

  • I have made it in Coconut shell. So take the shell and make a finger size hole on the centre.
  • You can grind the flour mix in mixer for 5 seconds so that the cake is made more soft.
  • Similarly you can make with wheat flour and Ragi flour.

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