Colourful Stringhoppers with Crab stew

Name: Colourful Stringhoppers with Crab stew
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For the string hoppers :; 1/2 cup ragi flour; 1 cup rice flour; 3 tbsp coriander chutney (coriander + water + pinch of salt); 2 cups Water + 3/4 cup; 1 tsp oil; 1 tsp salt; For the crab stew :; 8-10 cleaned and washed crabs; 1 big onion; 1 small tomatoe; 1 Tsp ginger garlic paste; 1/2 tbsp tred chilli powder; 1/4 tsp garam masala powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric; to taste Salt; 1/2 cup tamarind juice; leaves Few curry; leaves Few coriander; To temper :; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 2 broken red chillies; 3 tbsp oil; 3 cups water

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Reena Andavarapu @reena_cooks

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Credited as being one of the healthiest cooking techniques ,the process of steaming is healthy ,quick and also convenient .This easy to make and super delicious Iddiyappam also known as string hoppers is a cuisine from the south . It is made of rice flour and cooked with the help of steam. I have tried to colour my plate with colour variations in this iddiyappam by giving 3 different variations. Ragi string hoppers with ragi flour , green string hoppers with coriander chutney and kept one white . So here you have a lipsmacking treat of tri colour iddiyappams with delicious crab stew. Do make your plate to relish these flavours.

Ingredients

30 minutes

8 servings

For the string hoppers :
1/2 cupragi flour
1 cuprice flour
3 tbspcoriander chutney (coriander + water + pinch of salt)
2 cupsWater + 3/4 cup
1 tspoil
1 tspsalt
For the crab stew :
8-10cleaned and washed crabs
1big onion
1small tomatoe
1 Tspginger garlic paste
1/2 tbsptred chilli powder
1/4 tspgaram masala powder
1/4 tspturmeric
to tasteSalt
1/2 cuptamarind juice
leavesFew curry
leavesFew coriander
To temper :
1 tspmustard seeds
2broken red chillies
3 tbspoil
3 cupswater

Cooking Instructions

30 minutes

1

First make the crab stew and keep aside for deepened flavours.
2

Heat oil in a deep sauce pan. Add mustard seeds. Let it splutter. Now add the broken red chillies and curry leaves. add the chopped onions and saute till transparent. Now add the ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell disappears.
3

Now add the spice powder except garam masala powder. Add the tomatoes and salt to season. Mix,cover and cook till tomatoes are mushy.
4

Now open and add 3 chups of water. Add garam masala powder.add the tamarind juice.Cover and let it boil on high.
5

Check if onion are soft. Once soft add the crabs.
6

Now let it boil on medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes. Add chopped coriander. Cover and leave aside. Crab stew is ready
7

For the string hoppers. Add 2 cups water to a vessel with a to salt and 1 tsp oil. Boil. When it boiling add the flour. Switch if the gas. Stir well. Check if onion are soft. Once soft add the crabs. Cover and leave for 15 minutes.
8

Open and knead on a plate for 2 minutes. Divide the dough into 2 halves. Cover and keep one half aside. Mix coriander chutney in the other half.
9

Knead well. Cover and keep aside.
10

Now boil 3/4 cup water with salt and a tsp oil. Add the ragi flour. Mix. Switch of the gas. Cover and leave for 15 minutes.
11

Now keep the steamer ready with water. Let the water boil. Grease the idli plates as well as the sev press machine in and out.
12

Pinch ball of one colour. Add to the machine. Press on the idli plate in a circular motion.Repeat same with the other colours on other plates. Now steam for 15 minutes.
13

Leave for 2 minutes after switching of the steamer. Now remove on a plate. Drizzle with roasted seasame seeds. To serve. Layer the tri colour rice noodles in a bowl. Pour some hot stew and serve right away.
14

Enjoy String hoppers with crab stew
15

Tasty healthy platter

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Reena Andavarapu @reena_cooks

on September 06, 2019 12:19

No one is born a great cook. We need not cook fancy or complicated masterpieces but good food from fresh ingredeints. This is what should be our moto and inspire our inner chef.