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                                 PITTU

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Main dish

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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250       g            Rice flour
250       g            Coconut
    1/2   ts           Salt
 75       ml           Hot water
180       ml           Thick coconut milk

 Roast and sieve the flour well. Grate  the coconut.
 Place the flour in a bowl and add the salt.  Slowly
 pour in the hot water, mixing with your fingers as you
 do so until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the grated
 coconut and mix well in. Place the mixture in the
 pittu mould and place over a pan of boiling water
 until steam emerges from the top of the pittu mould.
 Cover with  half a  coconut  shell  and steam for a
 further 5 minutes or until done.

 Note:  If a pittu mould is not available, mould dough
 into loaf shape, wrap in muslin and steam   for about
 15 minutes. From "A taste of Sri Lanka" by Indra
 Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0



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