Idiyappam Recipe

Idiyappam Recipe with step-by-step pictures. Soft idiyappam also referred to as String hoppers or Nool puttu made with rice flour, salt, oil and hot water. Mainly it looks like seviyan or sevai made using a special idiyappam maker. Together with puttu and appam, idiyappam is a preferred breakfast in kerala. Serve this vegan and gluten free breakfast dish with coconut chutney, kurma or chicken curry. For sweet breakfast, enjoy idiyappam with coconut milk, sugar or jaggery.

Idiyappam Recipe (String Hoppers Recipe)

Amma makes the perfect idiyappam. We normally have this not less than once every week either for breakfast or for dinner. Amma is pure vegetarian, she serves idiyappam with either coconut chutney or kurma. But after marriage my husband prefer to have it with chicken gravy or chettinad mutton curry.

About Idiyappam Recipe

Idiyappam is referred to as nool puttu or string hoppers. It’s a preferred breakfast dish from kerala. It’s considered one of our family favorite breakfast dish which could be very healthy because it is steam cooked. Making soft idiyappam requires some basic ingredients and few suggestions and tricks which I actually have shared on this post. Be sure you read the complete recipe post, step-by-step pictures and watch the video for clear understanding.

Idiyappam is made with rice flour, oil, salt and hot water. The dough is then placed in a special idiyappam maker and the string hopper is extracted after which steam cooked.

Traditionally idiyappam is made with rice flour, thus the recipe shown here for how you can make idiyappam using rice flour. When you desire a variation, you’ll be able to check my different version of idiyappam made with wheat flour, ragi or millet flour.

Idiyappam will be served with coconut chutney, veg kurma, chicken curry, mutton kuzhambu, sodhi kuzhambu.

Watch Idiyappam Recipe Video

Idiyappam Maker

To make idiyappam you wish a special machine which is used to make this. It has a funnel like body and a spiral twirl press which you switch to extract the string hoppers. Finding a best idiyappam maker will be quite tough. The one which I exploit shown above is my mother in law’s idiyappam maker which is greater than 50 years old.

The idiyappam dough made with rice flour, salt and hot water is placed contained in the maker and pressed. Idiyappam maker is offered in market or online shops, you could find different kind of makers made with steel, wood and brass.

Idiyappam Ingredients

Rice Flour – I exploit store bought rice flour to make idiyappam but readymade idiyappam flour is offered out there as well. I prefer barely roasted, superb rice flour for making soft nool puttu.

Sesame Oil – Little amount of ghee or sesame oil is added within the idiyappam dough for making it non sticky.

Hot Water – For making soft idiyappam, you might have to make use of hot boiling water which could be very vital. Using warm water or cold water will affect the feel. Hot boiling water will cook the rice flour partially and makes soft nool puttu.

Find out how to Steam Idiyappam

Idiyappam is a healthy steamed breakfast dish made with rice flour. Idiyappam maavu is made with rice flour, oil and hot water. The rice flour dough is placed in idiyappam maker and pressed on banana leaf or bamboo idiyappam plates and steamed. String hoppers will be steamed in many alternative ways.

Bamboo Idiyappam Plate

Palm Leaf Plate is a conventional method that’s following till the day today. The Plate enhances the smell of the food that is ready and likewise encourage the taste of the food. It’s endorsed to grease the plate with some oil and steam the plates before using is to avoid the sticky nature of the BAMBOO plates. 

Banana Leaf & Steamer

That is traditional method to steam idiyappam using banana leaf. My mom used to chop out pieces of banana leaf and use that as plates. You possibly can place multiple banana leaf inside a steamer and steam. Banana leaf acts as a natural non sticky surface so that you needn’t grease with oil.

Idli Maker & Idiyappam steamer

That is the simple and far uncomplicated method to steam idiyappam. Grease idli plates with oil and press nool puttu straight into the plate and steam.

Find out how to Make Idiyappam Recipe (String Hoppers)

Idiyappam Dough

Bring water to a full boil. Take rice flour in a bowl. Add salt to it and blend well. Pour hot water over it and blend well. Once it starts to return together, cover the bowl with a lid and let it sit for five mins. After 5 mins, add one tablespoon of ghee or sesame oil and knead to form it right into a soft dough. Cover the dough with wet cloth and put aside.

Making Idiyappam

Now take your string hopper maker and fill it with the dough. Oil the idli plates as well(should you want) Spin the idiyappam maker so that you’re going to press the idiyappam dough as threads over it.

Steaming Idiyappam 

Stack the plate and place inside idli maker and steam it for 8 to 10 mins. Remove once steamed and serve with chutney or tomato curry.

Expert Suggestions

1. You could have to make use of hot boiling water to make idiyappam dough. When you use warm water or cold water which affects the soft idiyappam texture.
2. Pour hot water over the rice flour and blend it well. leave for couple of minutes till it cools somewhat. Once it gets warm enough to handle, you should utilize your hands to knead till soft.
3. For steaming you should utilize banana leaf, idiyappam bamboo plates, greased idiyappam plates or idli plates.

Find out how to Make Idiyappam (Stepwise Pictures)

1)Bring water to a rolling boil. For making soft idiyappam, you might have to make use of hot boiling water which could be very vital. Using warm water or cold water will affect the feel. Hot boiling water will cook the rice flour partially and makes soft nool puttu.

2)Take rice flour in a bowl. I used store bought rice flour, you should utilize homemade rice flour as well.

3)Add in salt.

4)Mix well using a spoon.

5)Pour hot water over it and blend well.

6)Use a spoon of form to combine it gently. The rice flour needs to be combined with the recent water.

7)Once it starts to return together, cover the bowl with a lid and let it sit for five mins.

8)After 5 mins, add one tablespoon of ghee or sesame oil and knead to form it right into a soft dough.

9)Cover the dough with wet cloth and put aside.

10)Now take your string hopper maker and fill it with the dough.

11)Oil the idli plates as well(should you want) Spin the idiyappam maker so that you’re going to press the idiyappam dough as threads over it.

12)Now you might have to position the idli plates contained in the steamer.

13)Steam for 8 to 10 minutes.

14)Idiyappam is cooked.

15)Done.

16)Serve idiyappam with coconut chutney, tomato kurma or chicken curry.

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