String hoppers (Indiappa)

How to prepare String hoppers (Indiappa) in Sri Lanka
  String hoppers is made from rice noodles curled into flat spirals. It is served for breakfast and dinner with a thin fish or chicken curry, containing only one or two pieces of meat, a dhal dish, and a spicy sambol or fresh chutney.

Ingredients
1) 3 cups rice flour -roasted
2) 2 - 3 cups warm water
3) Salt to taste                                                           

                                                                                   ( indiappa watti )

Method
* Heat the water in the saucepan of the steamer and bring it to boil.
* In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt and water together.
* Mix it well and form a nice ball which is not sticks on your hands.
* cover it and keep it aside.
* Fill the indiappa maker with the dough, and squeeze it on the top of indiappa watti (Small round trays, which are very special for string hoppers) Make a lace circle with the dough.
* Steam it for nearly 5 - 10 minutes.
* If string hoppers are well cooked, you can just remove it from the tray very easily.
* Repeat the process till the dough is finish.
* Serve with Kiri Hodi (White coconut gravy), Pol Sambola (Coconut Mix with chili), Maalu Ambulthiyal or Chicken Curry. Visit sri lanka and  taste these delicious food.

String hopper mould (Indiappa maker)