Lavariya | Srilankan Lavariya | Sweet Stuffed String Hoppers
Servings 20
Ingredients
- Rice flour/Idiyapam flour 2 cups
- Salt ½ tsp or as required
- Water 1 ½ cup or as required.
- Gingely oil 1 tbsp
Stuffing
- Coconut 2 cups packed
- Jaggery 1 cup packed
- Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Instructions
- Take water in a vessel and boil nicely.
- Take flour and salt in a bowl and mix it nicely
- Add hot water little by little and mix it with laddle. I used around 1 ½ cup of water.
- Add gingely oil and mix it with your hands when it is warm enough to handle
- Knead to smooth dough for 3-4 minutes
- Cover and keep it aside till we prepare the stuffing.
Stuffing
- Grate the coconut and powder the jaggery and keep it ready.
- Dry roast the coconut in medium flame for 2-3 minutes till there is no moisture content.
- Now add the powdered jaggery and mix.
- Mix it nicely till jaggery is melted.
- Add the cardamom powder and mix.
- Sweet stuffing is ready
Assembling
- Take plastic sheet/milk cover/banana leaf
- Fill the Idiyappam press with flour and press them clockwise in the shape of circle as we make idiyappam
- Place the prepared stuffing in the middle
- Fold them one side and then fold on other side to form cylindrical shape.
- Repeat the same and prepare the other lavariya and arrange them in idiyappam plate
- Place them in steamer/Idly pan
- Steam them for 10-15 minutes till steam releases
- Yummy lavariya is ready
- Serve them for evening snacks, breakfast or dinner
Notes
You can add cooked moong dal or chana dal along with coconut and jaggery for stuffing.
You can roast the coconut in ghee instead of dry roasting
You can add sugar instead of jaggery
Don't press too much while forming cylindrical shape to maintain the lace structure of lavariya.