String hoppers

String hoppers are made from a hot-water dough of rice meal or wheat flour pressed out in circlets from a string mould onto little wicker mats, then steamed. Light and lacy, string hoppers make a mouth-watering meal with curry and sambal. String hopper moulds and mats are available from your Sri Lankan grocer.

My preference is for wheat flour; the issue with this is that you have to steam the flour first. Alternatively you can buy the flour steamed, ground and strained. Using rice f