Well, when something is leftover and when I don't wanna waste any food and I am bored to have it again, first thing occurs to me is to get creative and at the same time create something which is eye appealing and good enough to taste...
So all this happened yesterday, when there were about 7 left over Idlis... I was in no mood to eat them as is...and definitely not for Idly upma which most of them do - with Idli leftovers.. and no Fried Idly - as this is too oily, din't wanna go on the other side of healthy scale.... i wanted something spicy! :)
With all these thoughts revolving around my head while I was on the train back from office... Bang On - My brain struck - "What about Idli chat", okie now I started thing about the things needed and the execution,
cross checked if I had all there at home to make this one and it was a big Yes! I could not wait longer to get home asap and get cracking with it...
so here is how it could be made, of course you could customise as you need... :)
Ingredients/stuff needed:
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2-3 spoons of Pudina + Chilli paste ( this can be made by grinding a bunch of pudina + 4-5 green chillies + half spoon of salt )
1 spoon of Lemon juice
Salt to tast
Finely chopped onions - 1/2 cup
Finely chopped Tomatoes - 1/2 cup
Finely chopped coriander - 2 spoons
Tamrind Chutney - 2 spoons (I used readymade chutney - you can use tomato ketch up instead)
Roasted peanuts - 2 spoons
Spicy sev/ deep fried gram flour noodles - 2-3 spoons
3 spoons of sunflower/vegetable oil
Method:
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* Cut the Idlis into small cubes
* Mix the Pudina chilli paste and 1/2- 1 spoon of lime juice + 2 pinches of salt with the chopped idli pieces and allow it to marinate for about 10-15 min
* Heat a pan with 2-3 spoons of oil
* add the marinated idli pieces - keep tossing them - make sure it gets roasted on the edges and on surface.
* After about 5 min, spread them on plate - as a layer of idli cubes
* Now sprinkle it with chooped tomatoes, onions and coriander
* Dazzle the tamrind chutney on the top
* Sprinkle the spicy sev with the roasted peanuts on top
And there it goes ready to be munched! :)
It was a good chat indeed!
Give it a go! and you might like it too :)
2 comments:
there we go... my idea of taking a picture of the dish, has inspired you to write a post on it ;) hahaha..
That was a real tasty one !! can vouch for it
: )
I think over time you have explored quiet a lot on alternate school of cooking .. new flavours and recipes ..!! and since you knew what ingredients does what impact.. the taste was always yummy!!!
and just because I was always behind a name for it.. you used to come up with names on the fly for all your customized recipes : )
...so this one is called 'Idly chat' : ) nice!!
and all in all.. it makes me one happy man, waiting to enjoy the dishes while seated on the dining table :)
ohh myannn! when am I getting this ?
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