Nool Puttu

Ingredients

2 Cups of raw long grain  rice powder [paccha-ari]  One can also use parboiled,red rice powder which can also be lightly roasted

2 Cups of boiling water or less[ the amount would depend on the quality of the rice powder].

1 tsp of ghee/ coconut oil/

Salt.

Equipment

Sevanazhi or a Press,using the tiny mutli-holed disc

Steaming plates or Idli moulds.

Method

• Bring the water to boil and add salt
• Slowly add rice flour to the hot water
• Switch off the flame and knead the dough with spatula.
• Dough should be in soft consistency neither too watery nor so dry.
• Spread a white cloth over a plate and add this dough to the cloth
• As the dough is very hot and difficult to knead directly with hands we are using cloth.

• Knead the dough well and keep aside.
• Now grease the idly moulds and sevanazhi moulds with oil.
• Fill the Sevanazhi or press with dough
• Press the dough through Sevanazhi onto the idly moulds and steam cook them in idly pot for 10 to 12  minutes.
• Take the idly moulds out and repeat the same till dough is over
• Take off the nool puttus from idly moulds.
• Now tasty Nool puttu or idiyappam is ready to serve.
• Granish with shredded coconut and sugar for kids or serve with chicken curry