Makkai/Corn Shevai (Idiappam Or String Hoppers Made From Corn Flour).

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This Navarathri, during fasting, I had this craving to swallow Shevai. Shevai is stringhoppers. This is normally made out of rice or rice flour. Unfortunately, rice is non allowed during fasting. Now, I genuinely wanted to swallow Shevai.. I decided to larn inward from cornflour or masa de harina. I had to a greater extent than or less inward my cabinet yous see.It genuinely came out pretty good. I served it amongst spiced stone oil as well as spicy tater curry as well as my married adult man who does non similar shevai, loved it!! As I was telling my mother, if my married adult man liked it, that agency it was genuinely rattling good!! His commons reply to " how was it??" is "okay"!! Since then, I convey made it ii to a greater extent than times amongst the same slap-up result!

Do drive it if yous larn a chance. It is quick, slow amongst alone iii ingredients as well as super-delicious!! It took me alone 45 mins to an sixty minutes to larn inward from outset to finish!

Prep time: fifteen minsCook time: xxx minsTotal time: 45 mins

Servings: 4-5 people

Ingredients:

Corn flour ( masa de harina): iii cups
Salt: 1 tsp
Hot water: vi cups
Coconut oil: to grease idli plate.
Water: every bit needed into the steamer utensil.

Method:

Dry roast corn flour inward a wok, skillet or pan, on depression flaming for 4-5 mins.

Add salt. Now add together hot H2O lilliputian at a fourth dimension as well as mix every bit yous add together water. Cook on depression flaming for 2-3 mins . It should come upward together similar a ball, leaving the sides of the pan/kadai.

Grease idli /steamer plates as well as proceed ready.

Spoon portions of the dough into the noodle press. Squeeze out small-scale palm size circular mounds of noodles onto the greased idli moulds. Do this amongst all available dough.

Boil H2O every bit per steamer instruction, inward the idli steamer. Place the steamer rack into steamer as well as steam the Shevai for 8-10 mins on medium flame.

Serve hot amongst a spicy curry/pickle/ chutney of your alternative or spiced kokosnoot oil.

To brand spiced kokosnoot oil:
Heat 2 tbsp of kokosnoot stone oil on medium heat. Add 1/8 tsp of cerise chilli pulverisation to the hot oil. Turn off the flame.
Drizzle this spicy stone oil on overstep of the Shevai.

Serve hot.

Enjoy!!

Cooking made easy:

Using a hand-held noodle press than the traditional one, makes the procedure less wearisome as well as yous tin brand small-scale portions.

Tip for salubrious living:

Eat dinner atleast 2 hours earlier bedtime. This non alone helps inward expert digestion, it also helps foreclose weight gain.

Food for thought:

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