Rava Puttu - snack/snacks/breakfast

I make this puttu more often, because my kids enjoy eating this rava puttu along with banana as their breakfast, sometimes even for lunch and dinner.

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Ingredients

• Rava (Wheat Semolina coarse flour) - about 3 cups (or 1/2 kg)

• Grated coconut- about 1 cup

• Salt- as necessary

• Water- as necessary

Method

1. Take a large vessel, put about 3 cups of flour in that. Sprinkle some salt

2. Add little bit water and keep mixing the flour and salt. Add some more water and continue mixing. Look for bread crumb consistency. Do not add too much water, just check for its consistency in between. Adding too much water will spoil the puttu. Taste it and check if it has enough salt in it.

3. In the puttu maker `take the bottom round mould , pour water almost half of that and place it on the stove top. If your putty maker is the type where you have to mound it on a cooker, then fill the pressure cooker with water.

4. Now take the top part of the puttu maker. Place the round, perforated disc that comes with the puttu maker at its bottom.

5. Add one layer (about 1 tbsp) of grated coconut. Add about 6 layers (or about 6 tbsp) of semolina flour, which we have already prepared. While filling the flour, do not press with spoon or hand, let it be loose.

6. Again put one tbsp of grated coconut followed by another 6 tbsp of prepared puttu flour. If your puttu maker is big, you may have to add a 3rd layer.

7. Finally top it with one tbsp of grated coconut as the final layer. Thus, in total, there are two or three layers of prepared puttu flour depending on the length of your puttu maker.

8. Close it with the lid and place it over the bottom round mould of puttu maker which has boiling water. Wait for few minutes, for the steam to come out of the top holes in the lid.

9. Allow few minutes (about 3-5 minutes), for the steam to come properly and then switch off the stove.

10. Carefully remove the putty maker from the puttu mould. Keep a plate ready and using a long stick or spoon, apply pressure on the bottom hole of puttu maker and the puttu comes out easily.

Variation (Making puttu without puttu maker)

• Almost everyone has a putty makerin their house. If for some reason, you do not have one, do not panic. You can still make puttu using your idli stand or a steamer. Take a clean cloth and wet it. Squeeze out the excess liquid. Take the prepared puttu flour and grated coconut in this moist cloth. Wrap the ends of the cloth to cover like a loose parcel. Place this on a steamer or idli stand and steam it for about 10 minutes. Your puttu is ready.