About this dish
Steamed cylinders of rice flour and grated coconut, layered and cooked in a bamboo mold.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups rice flour
🥥1.5 cups grated coconut
🫙Water, as needed
🧂Salt, to taste
Method
Serves 31
Moisten the rice flour lightly with water and mix with salt.2
Layer the flour and grated coconut alternately in a pittu steaming mold.3
Steam for about 10-15 minutes until fully cooked.4
Unmold onto a plate, keeping the cylinder shape.5
Serve with coconut milk and curry.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Pittu is a traditional Sri Lankan breakfast staple, steamed in alternating layers of rice flour and fresh coconut.
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