Ari puttu recipe

Take rice flour in a mixing bowl or a pan. Add salt or as required. Now sprinkle ⅓ cup water all over.Begin to mix the rice flour with the water with your fingertips.Break all the tiny lumps in the flour with your fingertips. You can even grind this rice flour mixture in a grinder to break lumps

Now pour water in the base vessel of the puttu kudam. Keep on the stove top and let it get heated.

Meanwhile first place the perforated disc inside the cylindrical vessel. Then add fresh coconut in the cylindrical vessel of the puttu kudam and spread evenly. Then gently add the puttu flour till it reaches half of the cylindrical vessel.Again add 2 to 3 tablespoons of grated coconut and spread evenly. Then add the puttu flour again.Cover with the top lid.

Place the cylindrical portion on top of the base vessel in which the water must have come to a boil. Steam puttu on medium flame till you see steam releasing from the top vents of the cylindrical vessel. Then switch off the flame.

Using a wooden skewer or the stick that accompanied the puttu kudam, remove the steamed puttu. Serve puttu hot or warm with kadala curry, veg stew or potato stew.