Steamed couscous with rice flour and grated coconut (puttu)

Steamed couscous with grated coconut

Steamed couscous mixed with rice flour is easy to make, soft and tasty.You will not feel the taste of couscous. It will be like a wheat flour puttu. It is delicious and can be eaten with butter and sugar, fried egg, sambol or any curry.
                                  

                                   Recipe summary
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     Steamed couscous with rice flour and grated coconut (puttu)


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time:5 minutes
Serves: 6

Bag of rice  and box of couscous

1. In a medium size pan add 1,125 ml water, 125 ml Coconut milk 1 tsp salt.  

2. Bring to a boil. 

3. Switch off the fire.

4. Add 500 grams couscous stir well and let it rest for 5 minutes covered. It will be cooked durring the time.

5. Remove the cover and stir with a long chop stick.     Break lumps with your fingers.

Steamed couscous with 
grated coconut

6. Add 2 cups of rice flour and stir again with the long chop stick. You will notice larger crumbles forming.
Rice flour will nicely mix with couscous and change the texture of the couscous.

8. Add scrapped coconut and stir well again. The coconut will help to keep the crumbles separate  and prevent formation of lumps.
You will be left with crumbles of size similar to puttu.

9. Prepare a steamer. Sprinkle coconut at the bottom of the steamer

Sprinkle coconut at the 
bottom of the steamer.

10. Spoon the couscous mixture  into the steamer over the sprinkled coconut.



11. Steam for 4 to 5 minutes. When you get the smell from the steamer, the couscous is cooked..

Final stage of Steamed  couscous 

The couscous is ready. It can be served as a side dish or as a main meal.







Steamed couscous with rice flour and grated coconut (puttu)
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              Recipe follows in detail with pictures.  

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time:5 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients
Main
500  grams couscous (one packet)
2 cups white rice flour

1,125 ml water
125 ml Coconut milk
150 grams shredded coconut
1 tsp salt

Method
In a medium size pan add water, salt and coconut milk. Bring to a boil. Switch off the fire.

Add the couscous stir well and let it rest for 5 minutes covered.

Remove the cover and stir with a long chop stick. Break lumps with your fingers.

Couscous after being cooked in water

Add the rice flour and stir again with the long chop stick. You will notice larger crumbles forming.
Rice flour will nicely mix with couscous and change the texture of the couscous.

Rice flour is added to cooked couscous

Couscous after mixed with rice flour

Add scrapped coconut and stir well again. The coconut will help to keep the crumbles separate  and prevent formation of lumps.
You will be left with crumbles of size similar to puttu.

Grated coconut is added

Prepare a steamer. Sprinkle coconut at the bottom of the steamer
Spoon the couscous mixture  into the steamer over the sprinkled coconut.

Sprinkle coconut at the bottom of the steamer.

Steam for 4 to 5 minutes. When you get the smell from the steamer, the couscous is cooked..
The couscous is ready. It can be served as a side dish or as a main meal.

It can be served with curry.