Chilli Idly | Idly Manchurian

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Chilly Idly is a tasty, soooper tempting dish..!! This healthy recipe is very easy & quick to prepare, if we have left over idlis or fresh idlis. Recently, we tasted this in a restaurant. The taste was too good with the rich flavor of garlic & the hotness of red chilly, that I couldn’t resist to try it at home.! When I googled for the recipe, I came across this interesting and innovative recipe...& It came out absolutely ipsmacking..:-) Check out the easy & yummy recipe of Chilly Idly..:)

Ingredients

Idlies - 5 or 6

Maida flour - 1 ½ tbsp

Corn flour - 1 ½ tbsp

Saffron food color - a pinch

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Ginger - small piece

Garlic - 3 to 4

Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp

Coriander pwd - ½ tsp

Garam masala pwd - ½ tsp

Oil to fry

Salt as needed

For garnishing:

Onion sliced - 2 to 3 tbsp

Capsicum sliced - 3 tbsp

Garlic sliced - 1 tsp

Green chilly sliced - ½ tsp

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Instructions

1.

In a small bowl, add maida, ½ tsp salt & corn flour.

2.

To it add a pinch of saffron food color.

3.

Add water and make it to thick paste.

4.

Keep it aside.

5.

In a pan, fry onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and allow to cool.

6.

Grind it to fine paste.

7.

Add red chilly pwd, ½ tsp salt, coriander pwd and garam masala pwd to it.

8.

Combine well and set aside.

9.

Chop onion, capsicum, green chilly, garlic to small pieces.

10.

In a pan, add a tsp of oil & heat it.

11.

Add the chopped ingredients and sauté them for a minute, by adding a pinch of salt.

12.

Take it aside in a plate.

13.

Prepare hot soft idlies and slice it to fine pieces.

14.

Coat the sliced idly piece in flour paste ( step 4 )

15.

Heat oil in a frypan.

16.

Gently drop the coated idly pieces in hot oil.

17.

Keep flame in medium and fry them till crisp (approx 1 to 2 mins)

18.

Drain and reserve in kitchen tissue.

19.

Take a small pan and heat it.

20.

Add the tomato onion paste ( step 8 )

21.

Sauté for few seconds.

22.

Add the fried onion, capsicum, green chilly & garlic. ( step 12 )

23.

Give a quick stir.

24.

Add the fried Idlies.

25.

Mix it gently and turn off flame.

26.

Transfer to a serving plate & garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

27.

Lipsmacking chilly Idly is ready to enjoy with tomato ketchup or any other dip..!

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