Multigrain Puttu

Puttu is steamed cake made of wet flour. Traditionally puttu is made with rice flour, but here I am mixing together five different flours to make it more healthy and nutritious.You can just use any one of the flours and follow the same steps to make puttu. Usually coarsely ground roasted flour is used for it..You need a special vessel called puttu kutti for making it. Alternatively you can spread a cheese cloth in a regular steamer, spread  the flour on top of it and steam it .

Ingredients

Any puttu flours of your choice- 2 cup (I used 1/4 cup brown rice + 1/4 cup wheat flour + 1/4 cup raggi flour + 1/4 cup corn flour + 1/4 cup flax meal)

Shredded coconut - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Water( preferably warm) - approximately 1 cup

How I made it

Mix together all flours except flax meal, salt, 1/2 cup of coconut  and sprinkle water little by little as you keep mixing it with the hand.

The right consistency is when you clasp, the flour will hold together as a lump which can be easily crumbled.

Now add the flax meal to the flour and mix well. You don't want to add flax meal when you are mixing  it with water because flax meal can turn into a sticky mess when get wet and it might ruin the texture of your puttu.

Take some water ( make sure you take enough water to steam your whole batch ) in your puttu kudam or cooker, put on the stove, and boil it . Now start filling the puttu kutti loosely with flour(.Remember to put the perforated round plate first, otherwise all your flour will end up in the kudam) Start and end with a Tbs of shredded coconut and add layers of coconut in between and close the lid. Once steam start coming out of the cooker or kudam, put the kutti on top of it and steam for approximately 3-4 minute.

You will see steam coming out through the holes of the lid after about one minute. Once after 3-4 minute of steaming, take the kutti out and push the cylindrical steam cake out from the tube with the stick gently, taking care of not to crumble the puttu. Enjoy with banana or chickpea curry.

Tips:- Once you mix your flour if you let it stay for 10-15 mts, puttu will be softer.

You can also run the wet flour in a grinder or food processor to remove all the small lumps.