Categories: Idli
Ingredients
- Idly Batter: 2 cups
- For Stuffing:
- Green Peas:1 cup (cooked and ground to fine paste)
- Potato: 2 medium (boiled peeled n mashed)
- Onion:1 medium (finely chopped)
- Curry Leaves: 6-8 (finely chopped)
- Salt:To taste
- Green Chillies: 4 or adjust to taste (add little salt,1/2 spn of cumin seeds and make into smooth paste)
- Oil:2 spns
- Turmeric Powder:1/2 spn
- Lemon Juice:1 spn (optional)
Directions
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Heat oil in a pan,when hot add the chopped onions and fry till they turn golden color,now add the smooth green chillies paste and fry for 2-3 mins,add chopped curry leaves,pinch of turmeric powder,mix well and now add the mashed potatoes and green peas paste,add salt to taste and fry till the mixture becomes dry.Finally add lemon juice,mix well and turn off the flame.Let this peas and potato masala cool down.Make small tikkis with the cooled potato n peas masala and keep aside.
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To Make Stuffed Idly:
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Add some water to the Idly making vessel and put in on flame,now grease the idly plates and add a spn of idly batter and now place the potato peas tikki and then cover it with more idly batter and repeat the same with all the tikkis and steam these idlies in the idly making vessel and steam them on medium flame for 12-14 mins,when done turn off the flame and wait for few mins and let the steam come down.
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Baking The Stuffed Idly:
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Pre-heat the oven at 450 degrees,now line a baking sheet with aluminum foil,spray some oil and place the idly on the prepared sheet and spray some more oil on top of the idlies and pop them into the pre-heated oven and bake for 15 mins,now pull the baking sheet out and turn the idlies on to the other side and bake them again for another 15 mins.When done take them out from oven and let them cool for 5 mins and cut the baked idly into half and serve it hot with tomato ketchup/green chutney.Sprinkle little chat masala if u like.
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Variations:
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U can make the stuffing of ur choice and if u r ok with deep frying u can fry them instead of baking.