Vapa Puli or Boiled Puli pithe

Ingredients:

Grated coconut – 1 medium

Rice flour – 2 cup

Date palm jaggery – 3/4 cup

Warm water

Method:

At first mix grated coconut and ¼ cup dates jaggery in a pan and put it in low flame. Stir well for five minutes and take out from flame. The stuffing is now ready.

Then take the rice flour and add sufficient warm water to make smooth dough. Keep it aside for 10 minutes.

Now, make small balls from the dough and spread each ball in your plum so that it looks like a small bowl. Stuff the coconut mixture and fold it in a way so that it looks like a half circle. Seal the edges properly. Your pulis are now ready.

Now, place the pulis in a steamer and steam it for 10-15 minutes. If you do not have a steamer, you can take a vessel with wholes. Now place the pulis in it and put the vessel on a handi which is full of water. Put this on flame for 10-15 minutes so that they are steamed properly

Take the pithes out of the vessel and let them cool.

Serve vapa pithe in room temperature with liquid dates jaggery (nalen gur).

There is one more method to make puli pithe. And this is very easy. Take a pressure cooker and fill it with up to 1 inch of water. Then take a Tiffin box, place the puli in it and cover the cooker without whistle. Cook it for 10-15 minutes in high flame. When done, take the pulis out of the cooker. After some time, when the pulis cool down to room temperature, serve with liquid dates jaggery ie ‘nolen gur’.