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Home » Recipes » Srilankan Hoppers – #BreadBakers

Srilankan Hoppers - #BreadBakers

Feb 14, 2017 · Modified: Dec 21, 2020 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Hoppers, when i first heard the name, i thought it to be a dish with bugs!😳 Thank God to my interest in Cooking shows, i happened to see Peter Kuruvita's My SriLanka. There he showed how to make hoppers, a bowl/boat shaped pan-cake, something very similar to our Indian Aappam.
When i saw the theme for Bread Baker's as Pancakes from around the world, i immediately decided to do Hoppers. Thanks to Mayuri Patel, our host for this month, for giving us a such a vast and lovely theme!

 Kerala Aappam, is made by soaking rice, grinding and fermenting it. There to we add coconut milk and yeast or baking soda. Srilankan hoppers, it is entirely made of coconut milk, just coconut milk. The hoppers comes out so crispy, you can make them soft too. 
The trick is to get the Srilankan Hoppers batter right, it shouldn't be too thick, or else the batter wouldn't spread. The batter has to be swirled around in the pan, so it has to be of the correct consistency to spread when you swirl. 

Since the Srilankan hoppers are sort of mild, you need a spicy curry to pair with it. If you eat meat, you will relish it with some spicy non-veg curry. I served it with a spicy dal and a mildly spiced spinach in coconut milk gravy. 

Inspired from Peter Kuruvita
Ingredients
2 cups of Rice flour
1 large white bread slice/few pieices of sourdough bread
¼ teaspoon baking powder

400 ml light coconut milk

½ cup thick coconut milk
¼ -½ cup of water
Salt to taste

Method

  • Tear the bread slice into small pieces, take them in a mixer and pulse it to powder. Take rice flour, bread flour, baking powder in a large bowl. Whisk well to combine. 
  • Add thin coconut milk to this mixture and mix well to make a thick batter. Let this batter rest overnight or a minimum of 6 hours.
  • After the said time, add the thick coconut milk to the batter along with salt and mix to combine. Add water and bring it to a batter of pour-able consistency. The batter shouldn't be too thick or too thin.
  • Heat a hoppers pan, keep the flame medium. Add a ladle of batter to the pan and swirl the pan, to spread the batter to the walls of the pan. 

 

  • Cover and cook the hopper. It will take around 2-4 minutes for it cook well.Remove the hopper from the pan, serve it warm along with a spicy curry.
#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page.
 
We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

 

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  1. Karen

    February 14, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    What a beautiful pancake! I love reading about these pancakes from around the world! Love it with the curry too.

    Reply
  2. Julie

    February 14, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    Bugs or frogs! So glad that neither are in this recipe. They would be wonderful served as you have with a spicy dish.

    Reply
  3. A Day in the Life on the Farm

    February 15, 2017 at 1:57 pm

    What an interesting recipe. This was a great theme. I love learning all the different pancakes from different cultures.

    Reply
  4. Pavani

    February 15, 2017 at 2:24 pm

    Wow, those hoppers look so light and delicious. Using rice flour is a great idea -- I will have to try this recipe some time.

    Reply
  5. Mayuri Patel

    February 15, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    I first heard about hoppers when my daughter posted photos during her trip to Sri Lanka. I'd love to try these out... they are amazing ans yes similar to appams.

    Reply
  6. Holly @ abakershouse.com

    February 15, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    What a neat way that the shape allows you to fill with toppings. How interesting to learn about hoppers.

    Reply
  7. Smruti Ashar

    February 15, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    What an amazing dish!! I have been wanting to make these for a while, bookmarked this one!!

    Reply
  8. Unknown

    February 16, 2017 at 12:31 am

    These look so light!

    Reply
  9. Addey

    February 16, 2017 at 12:49 am

    These look spot on! In kerala they make them with toddy!! so delish !

    Reply
  10. Unknown

    February 20, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    These Hoppers looks delicious. Never heard it before, but looks like it will suit my tastebuds. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

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