Poutou - steamed ground rice cakes (puttu)

Poutou - steamed ground rice cakes (puttu)

Ingredients:
2 cups raw rice
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon elaichi powder
2 (flush) teaspoons salt
1 cup hot water to sprinkle

Preparation:
Soak the rice for three hours. Leave on a tea towel or in a strainer and allow to drain. When dry, grind in a mixer into a fine powder.
Heat the powder over low heat in a pan for 5 minutes and keep stirring to stop it from burning. Allow to cool.
Add the salt to the hot water and mix well.
Sprinkle the hot water into the rice powder and gently fold in the rice (don’t add too much water). Make sure that the rice is still in powder form and not dough. Watch video.
Mix the shredded coconut with the sugar and elaichi powder.
Now add a layer of shredded coconut mix in the poutou maker and then add the wet rice powder in stages, alternating with the shredded coconut layers. Used one quarter of the wet ground flour and shredded coconut for each layer. This is done till you reach the top of the poutou maker.
Close the lid and steam for 5-8 minutes or until cooked.