Masala Idly Usli

 

This is a dish made with leftover idlis. This way the idlis get a makeover and you could serve a new dish too. In most South Indian  homes, idlis are a staple diet for breakfast. So these can be  made from leftover ones and  they are spicier, tasty and healthy too. A filling  after school snack.

Recipe taken from Cook and See Part – 2.

Ingredients

  • Idly 6 in numbers,
  • Onions 2 medium sized chopped,
  • Green chillies 4 in number chopped fine,
  • Curry leaves few(1 tablespoon),
  • Oil for seasoning 1 tablespoon,
  • Salt ½ teaspoon,
  • Sambar powder 1 teaspoon,
  • Idly milagai podi(idly powder) ½ tsp,
  • Juice of half a lemon,
  • Ghee 1 tablespoon,
  • Ginger grated ½ tsp.
  • Coriander leaves for garnish
  • Lemon juice 1 teaspoon

Method

  1. In a pan, heat oil, add mustard, as it pops. add black gram dal ,green chillies, cashew nuts and curry leaves.
  2. Add onions and fry till light brown.
  3. Crumble the idlis well with your hand or chop it into small cubes according to your preference stir well.
  4. Add ghee and shallow fry, add sambar powder and idly milagai podi.
  5. Stir the powder till it coats well on the idly crumbs or cubes.
  6. You could add more oil for extra crispness or reduce the oil too, according to your liking.
  7. Drizzle some lemon juice on top and garnish with coriander leaves to make it eye catching. Enjoy.
  8. Doesn’t need any accompaniment like chutney as such, but you could serve coriander chutney or ketchup too, will taste great with it.

Note

  1. Vegetables like capsicum ,peas ,grated carrots, tomatoes can be added to the above upma .
  2. Groundnuts too can be added to the above upma