EVERY day, just before daybreak, a small farmhouse in Kottoor village swings into action. It becomes a bustling factory for just three hours — from 4 to 7 am.
What sort of factory is this? If you enter the premises before sunrise, you’ll be surprised to find that it is an idiyappam or rice noodle factory. Named Shavai, it manufactures and supplies idiyappam every morning to around 100 eateries in a 50-km radius from its premises.
Ten years ago, if someone had mooted the idea of starting a breakfast factory in Kottoor, a. . .
