Chef Wijendra reminisced about his childhood home in Galle where they would painstakingly hand pound the rice with a large mortar and pestle. He dared me to try a similar pestle at the resort and I ...

Idiappam in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, nool puttu in Coorg and southern Karnataka, and also puttumayam in Malaysia; string hoppers go by different names but are cooked in all these regions following a ...

NO FESTIVE occasion in the Sydney Sri Lankan community is marked without a feast at which string hoppers are served. These are lacy little pancakes used to scoop up curries and take the place of rice.

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Spicy Lanka — Located along Hillside Avenue’s restaurant row in downtown ...