String hoppers
Idiyappam , also known as indiappa (Sinhala: ඉඳිආප්ප), noolputtu (நூல்புட்டு; നൂൽപ്പുട്ട്), noolappam (நூலப்பம்/நூலாப்பம்), santhagai (சந்தகை; നൂലപ്പം), or ottu shavige (Kannada: ಒತ್ತು ಶಾವಿಗೆ), is a string hopper dish originating from southern India. It consists of rice flour pressed into noodles, laid into a flat disc-like shape and steamed. The dish also spread to Southeast Asia, where it is called putu mayam in Malaysia and Singapore, and putu mayang in Indonesia. According to food historian K. T. Achaya, idiyappam, appam, idli, dosai and vadai were known during ancient Tamil country the 1st century AD, as per references in the Sangam literature. Lokopakara (1025 CE) cookbook in Kannada language also mentions a method of making shavige and the mold-presser used for it.
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