Street Style Tawa Idli using Podi

Spicy Tawa Idli served on a plate with idli podi on the side

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Spicy Tawa Idli|Street Style Tawa Idli using Podi is a delicious and quick breakfast or snack recipe made with a medley of fresh or leftover idlis tossed in sautéed onions, cilantro, and curry-leaves and some idli podi

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Indian

Keyword healthy, idli recipes, south indian, spicy tawa ildi, street style, vegan

Diet Vegan, Vegetarian

Method Stovetop

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 21kcal

Author Bhavana Patil

Ingredients

6 idli
¼ cup onion finely chopped
2 tablespoons coriander leaves finely chopped
few curry leaves
2 tablespoons gun powder/idli podi
2 tablespoons butter (or oil)

Instructions

Heat tawa & add butter.
When butter melts ,add onions, coriander & curry leaves, saute for a minute.
Add gunpowder or idli podi to that mixture and salute well 2 minutes on medium low flame.
Add idli’s and toss them well in that masala and cook on both sides.Let them roast a bit.
Spicy tawa idli is ready, can be served with coconut chutney.

Notes

You can either toss the whole idli in podi masala or you can cut it into bite-sized cubes for this recipe. Also if the idlis are refrigerated, it will be easier to cut and toss them in the masala. Fresh idli will crumble when chopped.
I have used idli Podi (gun powder) to make masala, but you can also toss in peanut chutney powder for this recipe.
You can replace butter with ghee. Tawa idli’s tastes best when prepared with ghee or butter.
For a North Indian variation, You can add pav bhaji masala instead of podi, tastes yum.

Note: Nutrition values are my best estimates. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.

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