Idiyappam biryani or string hopper is a famous south indian breakfast recipe.
- Soak the rice for 3 hours, strain the water and dry it on the cloth.
- Transfer it into the blender and make the fine powder.
- Take a pan and boil the water with little salt, sugar, coconut oil in it.
- Check for seasoning and add rice flour to make the stiffy dough by mixing it.
- Apply oil to the plate.
- Take the small dumpling of dough and place it in the tiny holed idiyappam hand machine and press the sevai in the oil applied plate.
- Apply oil on the pressed sevai and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan and add star anise, cardamom, mace, black cumin seeds and saute it.
- Add onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger garlic paste and saute it.
- Add potato, carrot, french beans, green chili paste and saute it.
- Add tomato, green peas, turmeric powder, garam masala and saute it.
- Now add dessicated coconut, yogurt, little water and mix thoroughly, cook it.
- Add the sevai on top of it and place the lid and cook the idiyappam for 12 minutes on slow flame by placing the lid on it.
- Now the transfer the idiyappam into a plate and garnish with coriander leaves serve it with raitha.