Sweet Idiyaapam and egg
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Sweet Idiyaapam and egg also known as Idiyaapa soru in the Southern town of Tamilnadu, India is made of rice noodles and egg.
Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 10-15 mins

Serves : 2-3
Ingredients:
  • Idiyaapam (String Hoppers) - 9
  • Egg - 3
  • Sugar - 100g
  • Coconut/Cows milk - 100ml
  • Cloves - 2
  • Cardamon - 1
  • Oil - 3 tblsp
  • Ghee - 1 dessert spoon(10ml) or Butter - 10g
  • Vanilla essence - 1 tsp (optional)
  • Cashewnuts - 10 (optional)

Method:
  1. Split the cashewnuts into half each.
  2. Keep the coconut/cows milk in a bowl.
  3. Dip the idiyaapam in the bowl of milk, take it out, tear it into small pieces and keep it aside.
  4. Do the above step for all the idiyaapams.
  5. Break the eggs into a separate bowl and keep aside. Do not beat it.
  6. Heat a wide non-stick pan and add 1 tsp of oil.
  7. When the oil is hot enough, add the cashewnuts; fry them and remove them from the pan without any oil and keep aside.
  8. Add rest of the oil, cloves and cardamom.
  9. Add the eggs and sugar; stir for about 3-4 minutes or until the eggs are half cooked.
  10. Add the vanilla essence, idiyappam pieces and the idiyappam soaked milk left in a bowl. If there is no milk left, then add about 2 tblsp of cows milk.
  11. Stir well; Add the butter/ghee.
  12. Serve in a bowl.
  13. Garnish with the fried cashewnuts.

Notes:
Please try the <a href="/recipes/Spicy-Idiyaapam-egg">Spicy version of Idiyappa Soru</a>. It can be as a seet dish along with any other breakfast dish.