Lavariya

Lavariya is a very popular traditional food in Sri Lanka. We can make 10 lavariya from below ingredients and Lavariya Recipe.

INGREDIENTS (Lavariya Recipe):

For the Filling (Pani Pol)

• Sugar – 125g
• Scraped Coconut – 125g
• Ground Cardamom – ¼ tsp
• Salt – ½ tsp
• Hot Water – ½ cup

For the Dough

• A pinch of salt
• White String Hoppers Flour / Rice Flour – 350g
• Oil to apply on mats
• Water
• Banana leaf or Polythene Sheet

 

METHOD:

How to make the filling (Pani Pol)

• Keep a pan on the stove and put some sugar into it.
• Heat sugar under medium heat till it gets a dark brown color.
• When sugar becomes dark brown color, slowly add hot water into this.
• Add remaining sugar and when sugar dissolves completely add ground cardamom and salt in to it.
• When sugar starts bubbling add scraped coconut.
• Keep this mixture little bit more on the stove until excess water evaporates and then get it out of the stove.

How to make the dough

• Put flour to a bowl and add pinch of salt and mix.
• Then gradually add water and mix until it comes to the correct level.
• When the flour becomes soft and does not stick on your palms, that is the correct level.
• Add remaining sugar and when sugar dissolves completely add ground cardamom and salt in to it.

Other Steps to cook lavariya

• Apply little bit of oil on lavariya/stringhopper mats. It helps to remove lavariya easily from the mats after steaming.
• Make a big string hopper from the dough you made on a Banana leaf or Polythene sheet and keep little bit of pani pol in the middle of the string hopper.
• Then fold it by keeping the edges together and tight not to loose the pani pol. Then roll lavariya to tight edges and make it nice.
• Slowly and carfully keep the lavariya mat in the steamer and steam until they are cooked.
• After steaming press, a lavariya from your finger and check whether flour stick to your finger. If it is does not stick in your finger you can get it out with in 3 – 4 minutes.
• Ten you can serve lavariya for teatime or breakfast or dinner.