Red Rice Puttu

I bought a kilo of red rice from an Indian grocery having puttu in mind. Simply because i want to try a new version rice puttu instead of ordinary white rice flour puttu. Actually, it has been almost three weeks since i bought the red rice which i totally forgotten about till, suddenly it striked my mind. The next day,  red rice puttu in the making 😁.

If you manage to find red rice flour that will save a lot of your time on the preparation. Just cut off the package and dry roast the flour. I used raw red rice thus, the preparation a bit lenghty though. As we all know red rice has it's own benefit. It's high in fiber,zinc,calcium and iron. Rich in antioxidants it helps in preventing cancer and renew damage cells. 

This puttu makes a perfect healthy breakfast even dinner. It's quite filling and hearty dish to serve for the whole family. I serve with banana for extra kick and flavour.

Ingredients

3/4 cup red rice 
1/4 cup freshly grated coconut
1/2 cup jaggery powder
1/4 cup water
1 tsp ghee/clarified butter,melted
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Methods

Wash and soak the red rice for an hour. Drain and spread on a clean kitchen cloth to absorp water till completely dry.

Grind to a fine flour. Heat a pan and dry roast the ground rice flour for 1-2 minutes on low flame. Cool completely.

Boil the 1/2 cup water and add salt. Stir well and keep aside.

Transfer the roasted flour to a bowl and add cardamom powder.

Gradually, add the boiled salted water and mix well to form crumbly texture. To get the right consistency, take some of the wet flour and press with your palm. It should be like a ball and when put it back into the bowl, it shall fall loosely.

Heat water in a idli pan or steamer. Grease the idli pan with little oil and spread the wet prepared flour and steam for 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the melted ghee grated coconut  and jaggery powder while it still hot.

Serve hot or warm.