Idli Upma is a soft, spongy and melt in mouth breakfast or tea-time dish made with leftover Idli. Idli upma is commonly made among all south Indian families and particularly after the movie(tamil) “Suriyavamasam”, it has became most familiar among all Tamilians.

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Also, a best way to re-use the leftover Idli’s from Breakfast, usually this will be our dinner. It tastes yum when served with sambar, chutney or sugar.

Idli upma recipe / Idly upma from leftover Idli

Ingredients:

• Idli – 3 nos
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
• Split black gram – ¼ tsp
• Bengal gram / Kadala paruppu – ¼ tsp
• Onion – 1 no
• Red chillies – 3 nos(pinched)
• Curry leaves – a String
• Asafoetida – a pinch
• Oil – 3 tsp
• Salt to taste

Idli

Spices (muatard, split black lentil, green chillies and curry leaves) getting crackled

With onions

Idli’s crumbled well with fingers

Crumbled idli along with the tempered spices and onions

Getting cooked

Idli upma recipe / Idly upma from leftover Idli

Preparation:

• Finely chop the onions. Crush the idli into small pieces with your hands.
• Heat oil in a kadai. Put mustard, blackgram, bengal gram, curryleaves and red chillies. Saute them till they splatter.
• Put the onions and fry till they are transparent. Sprinkle asafetida.
• Put the crushed idli and keep on stirring, till it turns golden brown and becomes little crunchy and let the pieces separate.
• Transfer it to bowl.

Serve hot with sugar or chutney or Idli chilli powder.