Plantain Puttu / Ethapazham Puttu

Ingredients

• Rice flour - 2 cups
• Ripe plantain - 1, chopped
• Sugar - 1tsp
• Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Salt

Preparation

1.In a bowl, mix rice flour and salt, then add water little by little and make it wet and mix well with hand without any lumps. Sprinkle some sugar on the banana pieces.

2.Boil water in a cooker with lid & without weight. In the mold/puttu maker,add a tbsp of grated coconut followed by plantain slices and then top with the moistened rice flour.Again top it with a second layer of plantain slices and grated coconut,cover with lid.

3.Place on cooker and steam cook until the steam comes out of the tiny holes on top of the lid for 5 minutes.Remove from cooker and invert on a plate and serve.