Steamed Rice Strings Iddiappam Nool Puttu

 Ingredients

Rice Flour                   2 cups

Ghee/cooking oil         1 tspn

Grated coconut           1 cup

Salt                              As per required

Method

Sieve the rice flour through a fine sieve

Add 1 tspn of ghee/cooking oil and required amount of salt to 3 cups of boiling water

Reduce the heat and add the rice flour gently and keep stirring until the rice flour is cooked

Finely blend the rice lumps to ensure that excess water evaporates (cooked well)

Allow to cool by transferring the contents into a wide plate coated with ghee

Blend the lumps smoothly and make into medium size balls

Use rice strainer as a steaming utensil by placing it on a vessel with water on the stove

Coat the rice strainer with oil and sprinkle grated coconut

Use a Murku maker and make rice strings into the rice strainer

Allow the steam to pass through the rice strainer for 3-5 minutes

Sprinkle some more grated coconut and transfer contents into a casserole

Can be served with coconut milk and sugar