Pidiputtu-a traditional tamil dish

Ingredients:
Roasted Red Rice Flour-3 cups
Hot Water- 1 cup or enough to moisten the flour
A pinch of Salt
Grated coconut- half a cup
Palm sugar ( I used muscavado brown sugar)

Method:
1. Add salt to the rice flour , mix with your hand.

2. Add boiling hot water little by little while mixing it in to the flour, enough to make the flour to a breadcrumbs consistency.

3. Mix in grated coconut and brown sugar. Mix it to the crumb like flour.

4. Take a handful of the mixture and close your fist, the mixture will form to it's shape (pidi means hold)

5. Steam for 5 minutes.

Makes about 10 to 15 pieces of pidiputtu.



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