Take 2 cups of puttu flour in a bowl. Add a little salt.
Add water little at the time and mix well with your finger tips.When you take a handful of flour and press it between your fist, it should hold its shape, when you press it again a little harder, it should crumble. That is the right consistency.
The flour should be crumbly and moist. There should be no lumps.You can blend it in a mixer for 2-3 seconds using the whipper blade. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
use the puttu maker. Keep this flour covered always.
Layer this with coconut first.
Top it up with processed puttu flour. Layer one more time with coconut and lastly with puttu flour.
Fill 1 cup of water inside a cooker and close it. Heat up the cooker and let the steam starts coming out. I used my small cooker. Take out the weight and keep covered puttu maker in the place where we keep the weight. While layering, let it be loose, do not press it after layering.
Let this steam for 3 minutes.
Soft puttu is ready. Do not over steam.
Slowly and gently turn the puttu maker on a plate. If needed gently tap it on the back. The puttu will slowly come out from that.
Puttu is ready to serve.
