Friday, February 5, 2010

MASALA IDLY

A very good breakfast or snacks

Serves 5 persons

Ingredients
Cooked Idly 10 big or 30 small Idlys
Big onion 2
Medium sized tomatoes 2
Capsicum 1
Green Chillies 2
Ginger ½ inch
Chilli powder ½ tb sp
Turmeric powder ½ tb sp
Mustard seeds 1 tb sp
Black gram dhal 1 tb sp
Cinnamon stick ½ inch
Curry leaves few
Oil 2 tb sp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method
Cut the idly into blocks of 1 inch. Small idlys can be used without cutting.
Finely chop the onions, tomatoes, ginger, green chillies and capsicum.
Take a deep frying pan with oil, when hot add mustard seeds and allow it to splatter.
Add black gram dhal, curry leaves then cinnamon stick.
Add the green chillies and ginger and fry it for a minute.
Add the onions and fry it for 5 minutes.
Add red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
When the powders are well mixed, add tomatoes and cook tomatoes till it blends with the rest of the ingredients to form thick gravy.
Add salt and mix well.
Add the idlys, mix well, cook for a few minutes and then remove from fire.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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