First immerse the rice hoopers for 3 mins in boiling water drain and keep aside. The in a pan add oil mustard seeds Chana daal urad daal hing curry leaves and sauté well to this add grated coconut with grated ginger and chopped green chillies. Sauté till the raw smell of ginger goes do not burn it.. coconut may become light brown so no problem. Then to this add the drain rice hoppers add salt and mix well. Garnish with coriander.Serve with vathakulamu.
Recipe for vathakulambu
First soak the tamarind in hot water for ten mins and remove the pulp three times keep aside.
In a deep kadai add oil mustard seeds Chana daal urad daal hing curry leaves and sauté well.. u can little salt for tadka. Add chopped onions cook well. Then add Tamarind pulp sambhar powder salt and jaggery then bring it to a boil for three mins. To this add a slurry of rice flour with salt to make it thick. After adding boil till it becomes thick and switch off the flame and serve hot with rice hoppers or even plain rice or curd rice.
This vathakulambu can also be made with yellow pumpkin or drumstick or plain papad. Goes well with curd rice.
