Harischandra White Rice String Hopper Flour is white rice flour ready for making string hoppers (idiyappam), the lacy nests of steamed rice noodles served for breakfast and dinner in Sri Lanka. It comes in a 700g pack.
White rice string hoppers are soft, pale and mild, the everyday kind. Harischandra added its string hopper flours in the 1990s, and they carry the Sri Lanka Standards Institution mark for string hopper flour (SLS 913).
How to use
- Mix the flour with a little salt and enough hot water to make a soft, smooth dough.
- Press the dough through a string hopper mould onto small woven trays.
- Steam for a few minutes until cooked, and serve with kiri hodi (coconut milk gravy), pol sambol, dhal or a chicken curry.
In the pack
- Ingredients: white rice flour.
- Net weight: 700g.
Storage
Keep tightly closed in a cool, dry place away from sunlight; move an opened pack to an airtight jar.
Harischandra Mills PLC of Matara, Sri Lanka, founded by C. A. Harischandra in 1943, makes the Harischandra range of foods and soaps.
