Squid/ Koonthal Puttu

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup puttu podi / rice flour

1/4- 1/2 cup grated coconut

300-400 gm squid/ koonthal

2 onions, finely chopped 2 green chillies, chopped 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste few curry leaves 2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp garam masala salt to taste 2-3 tbsp oil

Preparation:

1. Clean and chop squid into very small pieces.
2. Mix the puttupodi with little salt and add water little by little to the puttu podi till it becomes wet/ moist and mix thoroughly without any lumps. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped onions and saute well until it turns transparent.
4. Add chopped green chillies, curry leaves and ginger-garlic paste and saute well.
5. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala to this and mix well for 1-2 minutes at low flame.
6. Add the chopped squid and salt and mix well . Then cook it covered adding little water on medium flame until the squid is cooked and all the water dries up. Switch off the flame.
7. To prepare puttu, take a puttu maker and layer it with 1 tbsp grated coconut first, then the squid masala and then the puttu podi as the third layer. Repeat the process, till the puttu maker is filled.
8. Fill pressure cooker/ puttu kudam with 2-3 cups of water and bring to a boil.
9. 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.
10. Remove it to a plate and serve hot...