Ingredients:
3 cups leftover cooked rice ( parboiled / matta )
1/4 -1/2 cup rice flour / puttupodi (or as required)
1 cup grated coconut
salt to taste
Preparation:
- Keep the leftover cooked rice in the freezer for about 6-7 hours or overnight. Then take the frozen rice and keep it outside for few hours or put the rice in water.
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     2. When the rice separates, squeeze excess water from the frozen rice and powder/ grind it to a smooth powdered form using a mixie ( the mixture will looks like rice flour).
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     3. Add little puttupodi and salt to this and mix well with hand without any lumps. No need to add extra water..
     4. Take a puttu maker and layer it with grated coconut first, then the rice flour and then a layer of grated coconut. Repeat the process till the puttu maker is filled.
      5. Fill pressure cooker/ puttu kudam with 3-4 cups of water and bring to a boil.
      6. Place the puttu maker on top of it and steam cook for 5-7 minutes or until the steam starts coming out from the top of puttu maker.
      7. Remove it to a plate and serve this hot soft puttu with kadala curry / banana or any spicy curry of your choice….Â
that is a good way to use up left over rice… will try for sure
I always freeze leftover rice and use it to make puttu especially during weekends… 🙂