Rice Flour Pittu

Ingredients: 2 cups raw rice, 2 cups coconut pieces, cut into 1” cubes, (for grating), 1 cup coconut milk, first extract (from 1 cup coconut pieces), salt to taste.

1. Soak rice in water for about 1 hour. Spread on dry cloth, till water is absorbed.
2. Grind to a fine powder ( see recipe on fine powder of raw rice).
3. Fix the meat mincer/vegetable grater blade in jar. Put in the coconut pieces.
4. Fix jar with polycarbonate dome on the mixer. Run on speed 1 till the coconut pieces are completely grated. Remore grated coconut from jar.
5. Unscrew the meat mincer/vegetable grater blade from jar and fix the dry grinding blade.
6. Place 1 cup coconut pieces in jar and fix the jar with polycarbonate dome on the mixer.
7. Run mixer at speed 1,adding water slowly as explained in recipe on coconut milk.
8. Extract coconut milk from the paste
9. In a pan, mix the rice flour, grated coconut and salt. A little water can be added for mixing.
10. Fill the above loosely in a pittu bamboo/pittu mould. Steam.
11. Remove from fire, and, while still hot, pour the first extract of the coconut milk.
12. Unmould the pittu, cut into pieces and serve.