Soft White Manda Pitha

Sweet coconut stuffing + fluffy, soft white rice flour dough cover + 15 minutes steam = Yummy yummy Panda pitha !!

Ingredients

• 3 cups rice flour
• 3.5 cups water
• 1 table spoon sugar
• 2 pinches salt
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• sweet coconut filling - Recipe here.

Process

• Put water on medium flame & add sugar, salt & ghee.
• Get the water to a boil & lower the flame to lowest when water starts to boil.
• Mix the rice flour little by little into the water. Keep staring the mixture continuously, else it'll form lumps that'll be difficult to handle later.
• When the mixture has come together, turn off heat & cover the pan. 
• Keep the mixture covered for 10 mins. It'll be still warm & you should be able to handle the mixture. We'd need to knead it to a soft dough. 
• Knead the dough to a super soft dough, fluffy & white !!
• Next make small balls of the dough, flatten them with your palm (use water or oil to handle the stickiness of the dough), fill with sweet coconut stuffing, close the balls.
• Once all balls are ready, steam them for 15 minutes and all done !!