Having said that,in this holy month there are always Iftar get together's to look forward to.Back at home,a quite popular Iftar dinner menu is string hoppers made with either wheat flour or rice flour cause it makes a light dinner.Making it from scratch looked quite labourous to me,but the elders enjoyed it and it was team work.How I miss those days!
This recipe was adapted from Vahchef in youtube.My trusted source for the most delicious recipes.Love his cooking and how he enjoys food.The string-hoppers i used are made from rice flour and they were quite big.I needed about a 10 of those.You can use rice noodles too for this.Cook and drain according to package instructions and you are ready to go.
- Marinade the ship with ginger garlic paste,chilli,coriander and turmeric powders.Add about ½ teaspoon salt.
- Heat oil and ghee in a vessel,add the shrimp by batches and lightly fry it.
- Add the whole spices to that same oil,saute for a few seconds and add in the yogurt,half of the coriander leaves,mint leaves,fried onions,biryani masala,salt and cook for about 2 to 3 mins.
- Add in the shrimps to the mixture,then fold the string-hoppers in to the mixture taking care not to mush it.Adjust seasoning.
- Sprinkle the remaining coriander leaves,some fried onions and few drops of ghee and cook on low heat,covered for about 5 mins.
I am submitting this post to few of the Ramadan events.
Joy from fasting to feasting IV by Lubna
Iftar nights by Jabeen
Anja says
Farwin,
You'll be most welcome in our Dubai Food Blogger Community Famisghed In Arabia. We just had our first anniversary (the party for this is still coming). I order to join, you have to request to be a member on FB. Arva from "I Live In A Frying Pan" is doing most of our admin stuff. I'll tell that you will apply. And that's all it takes!
Lick My Spoon says
hi farwin....i'm glad anja found you. here a link for the FiA- http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/FamishedinArabia/
just request to join and you'll bee added by arva 🙂 see you there
Anonymous says
Hello Farwin!! I'm so excited that Anja and Lick My Spoon found you here - hopped on over and saw this lovely recipe. I LOVE string hoppers! Quick question, where do you get the ready made ones in Dubai?
Also, I'm so glad you wrote about Somalia. It's such an important time to give and keep the less fortunate in our minds, we can never do enough for them.
On a happier note, Famished in Arabia would love to have you join us!
Farwin@CookingitSimple says
Hi Anja and Sukaina,for your comments.Excited to say that i joined the group.
Arva,the stringhoppers are found in Lulu or supermarkets around the town and comes in see through packs called ANNAPOORNA idiyappam.
Dima Al Sharif says
Looks and sounds delicious, am definitely going to try this 🙂
Farwin@CookingitSimple says
Hi Dima,let me know how it turns out.... 🙂
Mehjabeen Arif says
ooh.. love the biriyani.. I have only tried with vermicelli.. not with string hoppers.. Will try soon.. thanks for the idea..
Thanks For Linking it with Iftar Nights..
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Ongoing Event-Iftar nights
Farwin@CookingitSimple says
You are welcome,Jabeen.
Kitchen Flavours says
That's an awesome gesture through post...tempting and delicious looking biryani...perfect for iftaar meal....Thank u for sending it down to Joy from fasting to feasting - IV.....
Farwin@CookingitSimple says
You are welcome dear...
Maya says
I followed your recipe and made Shrimp String-hoppers Biryani for Sunday dinner special. It was very delicious. My husband and I loved it very much. I added eggplant fry instead of shrimp for my husband because he is a vegetarian. That was tasty, too. Thanks for your recipe Farwin. I will try other recipes later. Can you give me Vattilappam recipe please?
Farwin@CookingitSimple says
thanks for your lovely comment,Maya.Glad it turned out good and you guys enjoyed it,even with the alternative.I will post the vatalappam recipe soon.
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