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 uttapam and unniyappam recipe.
Idiyappam recipe and the printable version below:
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 and ¼th cup hot boiling water
- 1 tbsp ghee + 2 tbsp more ghee for greasing the mould and the chakli presser
- salt as required
- idli cooker or steamer
- idli moulds or regular dish
- chakli presser or piping cone
- 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.
2. If your mixture is too sticky then add little more rice flour and if too firm then add little hot water.
Dev says
Thanx for the recipe. Should we roast the rice flour?
maria says
Dev firstly apologize for the delay in response as was out-stationed. There is no need to roast the flour just follow the recipe instructions. Hope this information helps you.
Kavya says
Hi I tried it today. Came out superb and tasty with coconut and jaggery milk. Thank you.
maria says
Pleased to know this Kavya thanks for positive views, glad you liked the idiyappams 🙂
sarita says
thanks for the reply. will make and keep you posted on the outcome 🙂
maria says
Sure Sarita 🙂 thanks
sarita says
thanks so much maria
the chakli maker has 6 dics. no aper inside to say the usage and could not find on google
are you able to assist
2 disc with lots of holes – fine and larger holes – for idiyappam the finer holes
1 disc with 1 star and with 3 stars – are both for chaklis
1 horizontal line on the disc & another one. what can these be used for
sorry for the trouble
maria says
Sarita I have posted the pic of the disc in the post. You have to use the disc with lot of holes but not the very fine one. The very fine one is used for making nylon sev, hope your doubt is clear now. Let us know how it turned out, thanks. You are welcome.
sarita says
Hi
I am back from mumbai and brought a chakli maker. will try idiyappams some time
it has 2 disc with holes
do i use the disc with smaller holes ?
also for frying batata vadas, chaklis etc. do you use a iron or aluminum kadai
I have a large aluminium kadai which I use for deep frying about 4 vadas at a time. my iron one is small and holds only about 2 vadas at a time
does it make a differnce which pan I use
thanks
maria says
Yes Sarita use the dish with holes for idiyappams. Iron vessel is any day good for frying and smaller the better as less oil consumption. You are welcome 🙂
sarita says
thanks so much for replying to this and my other query.
is the idiyappam mould same as chakli mould or different mould.
you convinced me to buy one. i am leaving for mumbai in 2 days time. hope you see this query before i leave. not keen to make chaklis
last time I came to india the shop did not sell the traditional black chappati tawa, i bought the new design/riddhi. I. will have to visit few more shops.
maria says
Sarita you can make iddiyappam in chakli mould but with the sev blade with small holes. Happy shopping and all the best 🙂
sarita says
Hi
I have heard few people say it is hard to press the mould to make chaklis. you need lot of energy . is this true
maria says
Sarita it requires same stamina when you make chaklis, a little lesser than that. Also its worth every bit of effort 🙂