Ragi Flour Puttu | Finger Millet Steamed Cake

Ingredients
- Ragi flour-1 cup
- Grated coconut- 1 cup
- salt-12 tsp
- water-as needed
Instructions
- Dry roast the ragi flour for a while.
- Take ragi flour and salt in a bowl.Slowly add water make it look somewhat like bread crumbs.When pressed it should hold its shape and it should easily break also.that's the correct stage.
- To the puttu maker first add grated coconut, then the prepared flour,and so on and lastly end with grated coconut.
- Steam it well by placing above the lower compartment of the puttu maker which is filled with water. When done serve hot with sugar,or sugar & banana. You can also have it as such.
Notes
- Don’t add water all it once,just sprinkle little by little and make the flour .
- If you don’t have puttu maker,keep the prepared flour in a cloth,tie and steam it in an idli cooker/pan.
Your recipe was shortlisted for Tecnora healthy breakfast recipe contest and here is Chef Reetu’s feedback – Very easy to make n very healthy.