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Firstly in a large bowl take 2 cup puttu flour and ¼ tsp salt. mix well.
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Now add ¼ cup water and crumble the flour.
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Add water in batches and mix well with your fingertips.
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The flour need to hold shape when pressed between the fist, and need to break on further pressing.
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Make a moist flour with crumbly texture.
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Break all the lumps with your finger. alternatively, blend it in a mixer for 2 pulses.(You can avoid this step, if you purchase SpiceBee Puttupodi)
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Now take a puttu steamer and layer with 1 tbsp of fresh grated coconut.
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Followed by 3 tbsp of puttu flour. again layer with 2 tbsp of coconut, 3 tbsp of 3 tbsp of puttu flour.
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lastly add 1 tbsp coconut and level it up.
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Close the puttu kutty (cylindrical tube) and steam for 5 minutes or till the steam escapes from top holes of puttu kutty (cylindrical tube).
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carefully open it and push the puttu using a wooden ladle from the back.
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Finally, serve kerala puttu hot along with kadala curry.