IRACHI PUTTU

Ingredients

.Minced meat (Beef or Chicken) - 250 gms (Preferably beef)
2.Onions chopped - 3/4 cup
3.Ginger chopped - 1 inch
4.Garlic chopped - 3 or 4
5.Green chillys chopped -1 or 2
6.Tomato - 1 chopped
7.Kashmiri chilly pwdr - 1 tspn
8..Garam masala - 1 tspn
9.Pepper pwdr - 1/2 tspn
10.Turmeric pwdr -1/4 tspn
11.Coconut oil, salt, curry leaves.

For Puttu---all measurements as per requirement of the family
1.Rice powder
2.Scraped coconut
3.Salt & normal water

Directions

1.Pressure cook minced meat with some salt and keep aside.
2.Heat 3 tbsp coco: oil in a pan.
3.Saute chopped onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies till onions turn light brown.
4.Now add kash:red chilly pwdr, turmeric pwdr, garam masala and pepper powder .Saute on low flame till the raw smell vanishes.
5.Add tomatos and saute until the are smoothly cooked .
6.Now add minced meat and combine everything together.Saute for 2-3 minutes more. Add chopped curry leaves and remove from fire.

7.Soak rice powder with enough water, adding salt and scraped coconut.( add coconut along with the puttupodi while soaking. You can add in between while filling in the Puttu Maker or mix it along with the soaked rice pwdr).

8.Fill minced meat on the bottom and top (or even in the middle ) of the soaked rice pwdr and steam it for a mouth watering Irachi Puttu...