Mani Puttu Recipe / Steamed Rice Balls In Coconut Milk / Maniputtu Recipe / Kerala Maniputtu Recipe

Mani Puttu

Ingredients for the milk 

Coconut milk - 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder a generous pinch

Sugar - as needed

( mix everything well and sugar is dissolved, keep it aside )

Ingredients for the dough

Idiappam flour - 1/2 cup

Boiling water - 1/2 cup ( add more or less because each rice flour variety is different)

Salt - a generous pinch

Other ingredients

Ghee - 1 tsp

Grated coconut - 1 tbsp

Mani Puttu

Method

Take a wide bowl add the rice flour and salt, slowly add the boiling water little by little to form a soft dough. Roll the dough into small tiny balls.

Take the puttu maker spread some coconut at the base arrange all the ball on top. Close it with the lid and steam till cooked.

Switch off the stove and unmold from the puttu maker on to a plate pour the coconut milk and drizzle some ghee and serve hot.

Note:

Instead of coconut milk you can have it with any spicy curry.

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