Popular food in srilanka.
YIELD
6 servingsPREP
1 hrsCOOK
30 minREADY
Ingredients
Directions
In a steamer steam a plain flour, about 30 minutes gas, cooker[ 45 m fire woods], when cool break up and sift once-twice.
Steam flour available food shop and super market.
Put flour and salt in to a bowl and slowly add water.
Mix quickly in to a pliable dough.
Put a little of the dough in to string hopper mould and squeeze the mixture on to a string hopper mat in a circular fashion.
Place 5 to 10 mats in a steamer and steam over pan boiling water for about 5 minutes.
String hoppers are cooked remove from the mats and place on a dish.
Serve hot with curries.
Enjoy.
Comments
I seem to remember that the string hoppers I had for breakfast when visiting a convent in Sri Lanka in 1978 were made with rice flour ?
I still have the wooden tool and the metal sieves that go with it and might try to use them, finally :-).