LAVI'S DELICACIES

SHEVYO/STRING HOPPERS There is a great satisfaction in preparing the  favourite meal of family members. I always love to give them surprise by preparing their favourite dishes.  The smile on their faces while relishing their favourite food is the best reward for all the hard work.  Shevyo with Chicken curry is in fact the most favourite meal of my family. But i was not able to give them a surprise as i always wanted their help in pressing shevyo/ string hoppers.   We Mangaloreans follow the lengthy method of soaking boiled rice for 8 hours, grinding to thick paste, steaming and pressing the steamed batter  in the pressing machine.  Here we need a help from others to press the string hoppers.  This time i tried this quick & easy way of preparing string hoppers/ shevyo  and gave my family a pleasant surprise.  All enjoyed these super soft, silky string hoppers/shevyo with delicious Chicken roce curry.   This recip...

SHEVYO/STRING HOPPERS WITH ROCE.  This was the most loved sweet dish during our childhood days when we used to return home  from school & our stomach grumbling for some yummy snacks.   My mom used to keep 6 plates with shevyo along with roce for her 6 children & we used to enjoy this super delicious sweet dish.  Preparing string hoppers is a tough job but the roce can be prepared easily with just 3 ingredients. This roce is called as "jivo roce"(in konkani) as its done without boiling the coconut milk.  Shevyo/string hoppers String hoppers/shevyo is done by using ground soaked boiled rice to thick paste, boiled & pressed   to have thin rice noodles/ string hoppers/ shevyo.  JIVO ROCE/ RAW  SWEETENED COCONUT MILK RECIPE: Ingredients: 1-2 cups of grated coconut Jaggery powder Cardamom powder ( Quantity of ingredients depends on the quantity of string hoppers) Method: Grind coconut  & extract coconut milk. ( I use boile...