Lawariya (Stuffed String Hoppers)

Lawariya is a Sri Lankan traditional sweet & it is suitable for tea time. This is a kind of stuffed string hoppers (indi appa) & this is very easy to cook if you know how to prepare string hoppers.

Ingredients: ( for 4 nos Lawariya)

• ½ cups Roasted rice flour (String hoppers flour)
• ½ cup fresh grated coconut
• 3-4 tbsp sugar (jaggery is more better, but I used some brown sugar)
• Boiling water (after the steam goes away)

Method:

• First heat a pan. When it is hot add sugar & coconut together & make it a fine mix. Adjust sugar according to your taste.
• Roast the flour well and sieve it into a bowl. Add a little salt to flour.
• (or use some instant Indi appa flour which you can by from a stall)
• Then slowly add enough boiling water (but after the steam go out) to make a soft but not sticky dough.
• Fill string-hopper mould with dough.
• Squeeze the dough on to a polythene wrap as shown below in round shape. But bit bigger than the normal size of string-hoppers.
• Put a scoop of prepared coconut mix on it and Wrap it.
• Then steam until it cooks well. (About 5-7 minutes).