NOOLAPPAM / IDIYAPPAM

I was going through my blog recipes when i noticed  i haven't posted that many breakfast recipes. Being a mallu (as they call it these days) our Kerala breakfast are very famous & healthy &
Breakfast is considered to be a important meal of the day to keep your energy level up throughout the day....:)
Today's breakfast recipe is idiyappam / string hoppers i call it noolappam-nool means thread the noodles is very thin like a thread, appam means pancake. Now a days we get ready made idiyappam rice flour but i make my own flour. Once or twice a year i buy 5 kg raw rice clean & wash it well till u get a clean water then dry it in the sun for 4-5 days & give it to the mill to make a fine  powder...So i find it easy to make noolappam.
Serve noolappam hot with sweet coconut milk or Egg Stew  or Varathuaracha Kadala / Bengal Gram Curry

Pre-Note- If you can get to buy idiyappam flour that's  best or else you can prepare the rice flour @ home....You can prepare the rice flour the previous day,Wash & soak raw rice for a few hrs, drain well & allow to dry completely grind it to a very fine powder & dry roast it till hot( do not brown it). 

Serves : 4

Ingredients :

• 1 cup fine rice flour.
• 1 cup or as required hot boiling water.
• 3/4 tsp salt to taste( according to your taste).
• 1 tsp oil .

Method :

• Boil 1 cup or more water ( if required ) & keep aside.

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1. In a deep bottomed pan add the rice flour, salt & oil mix well.
2. Pour the hot  water little by little stirring thoroughly with a wooden spatula till you get lumps or enough to make a dough ( you can't use your hands coz the mixture will be very hot) cover with a lid till it's warm enough to use your hand....  

• Once it's warm enough  using  your hands knead the mixture ( if required add hot water) until you get a smooth & soft dough ( like chapati dough) if the dough is too tight it'll be difficult to press it.
• Cover the dough with a lid or it'll be too dry.

1. You will need a idiyappam presser to make idiyappam.
2. As you can see in the 2nd image the holes are very thin only a thread can pass through it.
3. Take small portion of the dough shape into a log & place it into the presser.
4. Press each portion in circlets through idiyappam presser onto greased banana leaves.

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1. As you can see in the image press on to a greased banana leaves.
2. Steam for 8-10 mins.

1. If you don't have banana leaves you can press on to a greased idli plate. It'll look more beautiful :) 

• Coconut milk recipe : 1 cup grated coconut, 3/4 cup milk & sugar ( according to your taste) blend in a mixie for 3-4 mins, pour the coconut mixture in a bowl lined with a thin muslin cloth or a fine strainer.The coconut milk will be strained & press with a spoon on the coconut shreds so that all the 
  milk is strained into the bowl...What you get is the thick sweet coconut  milk...
• Serve this coconut milk for idiyappam or appam.

                                           Or

• Have it with Malabari Chicken Masala  

                              Egg Stew

                           

                             Varathuaracha Kadala / Bengal Gram Curry

        Enjoy 😋