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.