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Title: Pittu (Steamed Rice Flour With Coconut)
Categories: Breads, Indian
Yield: 10 Servings

Special bamboo pittu steamer
6 c Brown rice flour; roasted
1 c Salt water; for steaming
1 Coconut; grated

The pittu maker is a thick piece of bamboo with a metal cover at one
end (with a hole) which is mounted on a pot filled with water for
steaming. It can be purchased at certain stores that carry South
Indian groceries.

Put rice flour in a large bowl. Sprinkle in water little by little
and mix it with the flour so that tiny balls are formed. Sprinkle one
handful of coconut, a little at a time while mixing in the water to
keep the flour from forming one large mass. Keep adding and mixing
until all the flour has become dry dough. Be careful not to add to
much water.

Next, fill the bamboo to the top, alternating with layers of one
handful of rice flour followed by 2 tb grated coconut. Steam the
bamboo on its pot. When steam appears at the top of the bamboo, cover
and let cook for about 30 minutes. When cooked remove the pittu,
which will look like a long tube, and cut into 1" serving slices.

Add another batch for steaming until all the flour is used up. Pittu
is usually served for lunch or dinner, with coconut chutneys or
sambar. It can also be made sweet by add brown sugar to the coconut.

Recipe FROM: <https://dev.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/
monks-cookbook/web/toc.html>

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