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Sri Lankan Pittu Recipe

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi December 25, 2011
Sri Lankan Food
Pittu is a Sri Lankan traditional food which we eat as breakfast or dinner. It is easy to prepare. However need a special utensil to get the rolled shape.Below is the easy Sri lankan pittu recipe which you can try for a delicious meal.Also check this idli recipe for more breakfast ideas.
Pittu is popular among all Sri lankans.Howeevr it is also a popular South Indian cuisine.
 

Recipe : Sri Lankan Pittu

Ingredients: (3 pittu / 2-3 servings)
 
1 cup rice flour (very fine rice flour is not suitable)
1 cup fresh grated coconut
1/2 tspn salt

 water as required

Special Utensil:

Pittu Bamboo Steamer

Pittu maker

Method:

First roast rice flour slightly.
Then mix flour & grated coconut together in a bowl.

Add salt & mix.
Then slowly sprinkle water time to time and mix all together using fingers. Continue this until it resembles as small crumbs.

If you try to squeeze some of the mix,if it remain without breaking; that shows water is enough for the mix.

Meanwhile boil water in pittu mould/steamer.
Fill the mix into the mould.

Steam for about 15 minutes. Once the pittu is done, we can see steam going out through the holes on top of bamboo.
Carefully remove the cooked pittu to a plate.

Puttu
Continue same with remaining mixture.
 
Serve hot with some curry or chili paste (lunu miris) & coconut milk.

Sri Lankan Recipes
 
Tip: insert a small piece of pandan leaf/rampa in to the bamboo after filling the mix & then steam. It will give a good aroma.

To purchase pittu maker or instant puttu,

pittu
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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi

Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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14 comments

Aarthi December 25, 2011 - 2:46 pm

look great ..awesome..will try it soon..

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LOVE MELISSA:) December 25, 2011 - 5:24 pm

This looks delicious! I am now following back:)

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faseela December 25, 2011 - 6:01 pm

luk so soft n delicious

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Archana December 25, 2011 - 4:55 pm

Hey this looks delicious.

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Deeps @ Naughty Curry December 26, 2011 - 4:52 am

this is so similar to kerala puttu.. i love that dish!

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Shri December 26, 2011 - 1:14 am

We do puttu/pittu the same way. The pandan leaf is a good suggestion. I might have to look for it in the Chinese grocery

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Deeksha December 26, 2011 - 9:18 am

Sounds healthy and tasty…Nice recipe!

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kewkew December 26, 2011 - 9:20 pm

Sounds great. Wish it was something we could make.
Thanks for linking up at Lovin’ The Weekend Blog Hops.

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Priya December 26, 2011 - 5:11 pm

Inviting platter, wat a traditional food.

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Katie December 27, 2011 - 1:15 am

Thanks so much for the follow! Stopping by to follow back! Looking forward to reading more of your blog!!

Katie @ Glamorous Without the Guilt
glamorouswithouttheguilt.blogspot.com

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Torviewtoronto December 27, 2011 - 1:30 am

delicious looking pittu

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Daya February 4, 2013 - 1:07 pm

What a grate blog.

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harshini February 21, 2015 - 8:47 am

Came out delicious. Thanks for all the recipes!

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Amila Wickramarachchi February 21, 2015 - 6:58 pm

Glad to know pittu came out delicious.Thanks for the comment too…..

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