Idli Fry

As my idlis were not fluffy enough, more idlis were left over ;)

As I was thinking a plan for those left over ones, I recalled a recipe that my friends used to prepare a upma kind of dish from them as we cant have directly..lol!!

Changed ingredients according to my taste, and it came out as a good snack at chai time.

Ingredients:

7 idlis, crumble or cut into cubes as per the idea got from gayatrivantillu.com

1 chopped Onion 

Few Curry Leaves

1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder 

Pinch of hing /Asafoetida

Salt to Taste

2 long slit chillies, remove the seeds

1 1/2 tsp Urad dal

1 1/2 tsp chana dal

1/2 tsp mustard

1 tsp cashews

1 tsp kobbari kaaram

2 tsp oil

Method:

1. Bring oil to heat in a pan. Add the chana dal, urad dal and fry till it starts changing color to golden brown. Then add the mustard seeds and then cashews and fry till the seeds splutter. 

2. Add hing. Then add curry leaves. Fry for a minute and add the chopped onions. Sauté till transparent. 

3. Add the chillies, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and add the cubed Idlis. Add the Kobbari kaaram and Mix well and cook covered for a minute or two in low flame.

Once you feel the idli got the taste of salt and spices, transfer the contents into a serving bowl.

If not then, sprinkle little bit of water and cook covered for another one minute.