Ingredients

• 1 cup - corn flour
• 1/2 tsp - salt
• 1/4 cup - water
• 1/4 cup - grated coconut
• Puttu maker

How to Make Nirapara Cornflour Puttu

• Take a big flat bowl.
• Add 1 cup corn flour and salt.
• Sprinkle water and mix it with fingers.
• Mix it slowly so that it won't roll into small balls.
• Fill this corn flour mixture in Puttu maker - gadget for making puttu.
• This puttu maker - gadget will essentially have a sieve at the bottom. Place a 5 mm layer of grated coconut at the bottom.
• The filling should be in such a way that a 5 mm thick layer of grated coconut should be layered every 3 - 4 inch thickness of corn flour mixture; while filling.
• Top it with liberal layer of coconut scraping.
• Steam it on the pressure cooker on medium heat for 5-8 minutes till a consistent stream of steam emanates from the top of puttu maker.
• Push the puttu from the puttu-maker with the help of a thin rod.
• Serve hot with Kadala curry, Pappadam , Payaru or Bananas.
• Recipe Courtesy: Niya's World