Palmar Samba Puttu Flour - பால்மர் சம்பா புட்டு மாவு

• Putti podi is coarsely ground rice flour. 
• You can even use store brought rice flour too.
•  Just roast the rice flour lightly till you see steam coming from it before making puttu
• It is often spiced with cumin, but may have other spices. 
• The Sri Lankan variant is usually made with wheat flour or red rice flour without cumin, whereas the Bhatkal recipes have plain coconut or masala variant made with mutton- or shrimp-flavoured grated coconut.