A traditional wooden இடியப்ப உரல் (idiyappa ural), or stringhopper press, sits on a cherry veneer table. The lower component is a cylindrical well with a long handle on either side, a brass plate with small holes attached to the bottom, while the top component has a cylinder sized for this well. Courtesy of familial archives.
Four white, slightly convex, plastic trays onto which the formed idiyappam are squeezed. Courtesy of familial archives.
