Idiyappam or nool puttu recipe – a traditional south indian snack prepared from rice flour and water into form of noodles or string hopper. Mainly idiyappams are made from rice flour or ragi flour but I have used rice flour.
This is my mom’s recipe and regularly made at my parent’s house as my father loves idiyappams. My mother was making them while I went clicking 😉 we had them along curry leaves chutney. But you could club idiyappams with chicken / meat curry or egg curries and any coconut chutney. Towards some region they are also served with coconut milk and jaggery.
These are given noodles shape with the help of chakli mould. Then it is steamed on a greased idli mould or on banana leaves traditionally in a idli cooker or steamer.
Mostly other south indian snacks like dosa, idli, medu vada etc are popular ones. But even idiyappams are equally traditional and popluar towards south indian region. However many people aren’t aware about idiyappams but they very delicious and healthier than the chinese noodles.
Let’s make idiyappam recipe step by step:
- Boil water until it bubbles or very hot.
2. Take rice flour in a mixing bowl or vessel.
3. Add salt as per taste.
4. Now pour the hot boiling water.
5. Just mix with a spoon as the mixture would be piping hot.
6. Start kneading the dough.
7. The dough should appear like this soft and smooth. Add little ghee towards the end which would help in binding the dough more easily.
8. Cover the dough with a damp cloth for 10-12 mins.
9. Remove the damp cloth.Grease the chakli mould.
10. Also grease the disc attachment in the chakli mould used for making seviyan. I have attached the pic for your reference.
11. Similarly grease the idli moulds with ghee too.
12. Now heat your idli mould with water or steamer respectively. Heat until water is hot.
13.Take a small log of the rice dough.
14. Place them in the greased chakli mould.
15. Start pressing the chakli mould you would get the noodles or seviyan shape. Just keep turning them round.
16. Fill each mould respectively. Alternatively if you don’t have chakli presser not to worry just use a piping cone into circular form over a greased dish / steamer or idli maker.
17. Place them in the idli cooker or steamer.
18. Cover with the lid and cook or steam.
19. After 7-9 mins the idiyappams would be cooked.
Serve your idiyappam’s hot with chutney or curries to your loved ones.
If you are looking for more south indian snacks then do check plain dosa, cheese dosa, moong idlis, oats idli, neer dosa, oats dosa, instant ragi dosa, masala paniyaram, idli fry, oats uttapamand unniyappam recipe.
Idiyappam recipe and the printable version below:
Idiyappam Recipe, How to make Idiyappam or Nool Puttu
Recipe Type: snack
Cuisine: south indian snack
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
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Idiyappam or nool puttu recipe – a traditional south indian snack prepared from rice flour and water into form of noodles or string hopper.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 and 1/4th cup hot boiling water
- 1 tbsp ghee + 2 tbsp more ghee for greasing the mould and the chakli presser
- salt as required
- [b]equipment required[/b]
- idli cooker or steamer
- idli moulds or regular dish
- chakli presser or piping cone
Instructions
- Boil water until it bubbles or very hot.
- Take rice flour in a mixing bowl or vessel.
- Add salt as per taste.
- Now pour the hot boiling water.
- Just mix with a spoon as the mixture would be piping hot.
- Start kneading the dough.
- The dough should appear like this soft and smooth. Add little ghee towards the end which would help in binding the dough more easily.
- Cover the dough with a damp cloth for 10-12 mins.
- Remove the damp cloth.
- Grease the chakli mould.
- Also grease the disc attachment in the chakli mould used for making seviyan. I have attached the pic for your reference.
- Similarly grease the idli moulds with ghee too.
- Now heat your idli mould with water or steamer respectively. Heat until water is hot.
- Take a small log of the rice dough.
- Place them in the greased chakli mould.
- Start pressing the chakli mould you would get the noodles or seviyan shape. Just keep turning them round.
- Stop and start the process filling each mould respectively. Alternatively if you don’t have chakli presser not to worry just use a piping cone into circular form over a greased dish / steamer or idli maker.
- Place them in the idli cooker or steamer.
- After 7-9 mins the idiyappams would be cooked.
- Serve your idiyappam’s hot with chutney or curries to your loved ones.
Notes
1. You could add 1 tbsp fresh grated coconut but it’s optional.[br]2. If your mixture is too sticky then add little more rice flour and if too firm then add little hot water.
