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Last Modified September 16, 2021

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

Have you ever tried red rice flour puttu recipe at your kitchen? If not, here is the right chance for you to make it possible. Today, I am going to show you a simple way to make Sri Lankan red rice flour puttu recipe with step by step pictures.

In Sri Lanka, puttu is one of the unavoidable meals. People in Sri Lanka prepare red rice flour puttu very often for breakfast or dinner, but you can have this for lunch as well.

It is one of the simplest and quickest recipes you can make at home.

Alright, let’s see how to make Sri Lankan style easy red rice flour puttu recipe at home.

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

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Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe

Ingredients
  • Roasted red rice flour – 600g
  • Hot water – 700ml
  • Salt – As you need
  • Grated coconut – As you wish
Notes

1. You need to mix the flour before the hotness of the water goes down.

Instructions

1. Take the roasted red rice flour.

Roasted Red Rice Flour for Puttu

2. Add salt in the hot water and mix well.

Salt mixed water for Sri Lankan puttu

3. Add the salt-mixed-hot-water little by little while mixing the flour.

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

4. Mix well to small thick pieces as shown in the picture below.

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

5. Now put those on a flat surface and using a sharp edge cup or tin make them to a crumble texture as shown in the picture below.

Make crumple texture puttu

6. Get ready with the grated coconut.

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

7. Place the puttu steamer on the stove and boil the water until the steam comes out from the top of the steamer.

8. Now take off the top of the steamer and fill that with the dry crumble mixture and grated coconut as shown in the picture below. I fill that in the following way. Grated coconut -> dry crumble dough -> grated coconut -> dry crumble dough -> grated coconut -> dry crumble dough -> grated coconut.

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

9. Steam it till the steam comes out through the top of the steamer. For me, it takes about 4 minutes.

Puttu in a Puttu steamer

10. Once done, unmold the puttu as shown in the picture below.

How to unmold puttu from steamer

11. This is how to make the simple red rice flour puttu recipe at home. Serve and enjoy this Sri Lankan style red rice flour puttu with curries.

Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)

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So, what do you think about this Sri Lankan red rice flour puttu recipe? I hope you liked this simple main dish. When you have all the ingredients give it a try, you will like it for sure.

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Simple Red Rice Flour Puttu Recipe (Step by Step Pictures)
 
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Prep time
15 Mins
Cook time
25 Mins
Total time
40 Mins
 
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Author: Rocy
Recipe type: Vegetarian
Serves: 5 People
Ingredients
  • Roasted red rice flour - 600g
  • Hot water - 700ml
  • Salt - As you need
  • Grated coconut - As you wish
Instructions
  1. Take the roasted red rice flour.
  2. Add salt in the hot water and mix well.
  3. Add the salt-mixed-hot-water little by little while mixing the flour.
  4. Mix well to small thick pieces.
  5. Now put those on a flat surface and using a sharp edge cup or tin make them to a crumble texture.
  6. Get ready with the grated coconut.
  7. Place the puttu steamer on the stove and boil the water until the steam comes out from the top of the steamer.
  8. Now take off the top of the steamer and fill that with the dry crumble mixture and grated coconut. I fill that in the following way. Grated coconut -> dry crumble dough -> grated coconut -> dry crumble dough -> grated coconut -> dry crumble dough -> grated coconut.
  9. Steam it till the steam comes out through the top of the steamer. For me, it takes about 4 minutes.
  10. Once done, unmold the puttu.
  11. This is how to make the simple red rice flour puttu recipe at home. Serve and enjoy this Sri Lankan style red rice flour puttu with curries.
Notes
1. You need to mix the flour before the hotness of the water goes down.
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