Chiratta Puttu

Roasted Rice flour    2 cup

Water                           As needed

Salt                               ½ tsp

Grated coconut          ½ cup or more

Take 2 cups of rice flour in a bowl. Add a little salt. Add water little at the time and mix well with your fingertips. When you take a handful of flour and press it between your fists, it should hold its shape, when you press it again a little harder, it should crumble. That is the right consistency. The flour should be crumbly and moist without any lumps. You can blend it in a mixer for 2-3 seconds using the whip blade. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.

Take an empty coconut shell. Make a whole at one of the eye so that its sits on your pressure cooker. Layer the Chiratta (Coconut shell) first with little grated coconut then add first full of puttu flour, then add about 2 tbsp. grated coconut followed by puttu flour. Top it off with grated coconut

Now add 2 -3 cups of water in your pressure cooker cover the lid and fix the chiratta (Coconut shell) on to the nozzle of pressure cooker. Boil the water under high heat.  Once you see the steam escaping from the chirata puttu reduce the heat to medium and cook for another 5 minutes.

Turn off the heat remove the coconut shell from the pressure cooker using a towel transfer upside down in to a plate. Tap the sides with a spoon then lift the shell. Chiratta puttu is ready. Serve hot with kadala curry. Or Banana