Erachi Puttu is getting popular all over Kerala and the combination of meat and Rice flour with coconut is just fantastic.
Ingredients
• Puttu powder - 1 cup
• Coconut - ½ cup
• Salt
• Water
• Cooked beef/chicken - 200 gms
• Onion - 1 small, garlic and ginger (finely chopped)
. Chilly pd 1/2 tsp
. Coriander pd 1/2 tsp
. Turmeric pd 1/4 tsp
• Tomato - 1/2 small, chopped
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Crushed pepper - ½ tsp
• Coriander leaves - 1 tsp, chopped
• Salt
• Coconut oil
Instructions
For puttu:
Add salt to the puttu podi and mix well. Add water little by little till the powder becomes moist/wet. Add half of the grated coconut to this & mix well. If too much of lumps is formed just run it in your blender/food processor for a few seconds. Keep aside the puttu mix for 10 minutes.
For Meat Masala:
Cut the meat into very small pieces and clean and keep for draining. Heat the Pressure pan, Sauté sliced onions and slit green chilly, curry leaves in oil, add ginger garlic paste and stir fry for some more time. Add all the masala and spices and sauté for some time. Add chopped tomatoes and continue for another minute and add meat pieces and salt. Mix well and pressure cook the meat. There should be little gravy.
Filling the puttu kutti (mould/maker):
Now to arrange, take the Puttu maker or Cleaned coconut shell, Put one tbsp of coconut as the first layer( optional). Add 2 tbsp of meat masala as the second layer. The third layer should be 4-5 tbsp of puttu mix. Repeat the process, till the mould is filled. Make sure that the mould is not tightly packed.
Cover the mould with the lid. Fill water in puttu kudam (pot). Place the puttu kutti / mould on puttu kudam. Cook it on medium flame for around 5-7 minutes. Serve hot/warm with curry of your choice.
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