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                                  PITTU

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

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
 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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