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Puttu is the steamed rice and coconut cakes. Puttu is generally made in rice, wheat or Ragi. It is served along with other pulses or fruits. Black ChickPea and Green Gram are the popular pulses that are served with puttu. Else It is served with banana. The recipe that I have shared here is Puttu with Rice flour and Banana layers. On a Lazy morning when I did not want to make any side dish for puttu tried this simple and innovative way of using puttu with banana layers. Here goes the recipe…

Checkout Other Puttu / Steamed Cakes Recipe
Red Rice Puttu

Banana Variety Used:
Language	–	Name
English	–	Ripe Plantain
Tamil	–	Yetham pazham
Malayalam	–	Nendran Pazham

Banana Puttu

Prep time: 5 Min	\| Cook time: 10 Min	\| Total time:15 Min
Recipe type: Side Dish	\| Cuisine: Indian	\| Yield / Serves: 2
Taste: Sweet

Ingredients:

Rice Flour – 1/2 Cup
Coconut Grated – as Required to layer
Water – 4 tablespoon
Ripe Banana – 1
Salt to Taste

Step by Step Photos on how to make Banana Puttu:

Take the rice flour in a bowl. Add a generous pinch of salt and mix well. Sprinkle water in the flour and mix it. Make sure to remove the lumps as much as possible. Chop the banana into small pieces. My banana was extremely ripe so I could not make very small pieces.
Take the Puttu Mold. Add the filter. Layer with a tablespoon of coconut.
Next Layer with the chopped Banana. Layer with the Puttu flour. Again Layer with the Grated coconut.
Meanwhile add enough water in the puttu pot and boil it. Once the steam starts coming out, place the puttu mold on top of it. Wait until the steam comes out of the lid on top of the puttu mold.
Steam for 5 minutes in medium flame. After 5 minutes remove the puttu mold from the pot and keep aside for 5 minutes. Invert the puttu on to your serving bowl/plate.
Tasty and nutritious Puttu Ready to serve.

Tips:

The amount of water depends on the type of flour.
If the flour gets balls make sure to mash them. Else while steaming the balls become thick.
Add only a pinch of salt do not add more salt.
Do not use overripe banana.