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Idli Munchurian

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Ingredients

For frying:

  • Left over idli’s – 6
  • Turmeric powder – 2 pinch
  • Oil – 2 tsp

For batter:

  • Corn flour – 2 tsp
  • Maida flour/All purpose flour – 2 tsp
  • Rice flour – 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Red color powder – a pinch
  • Salt as needed (dont add much salt, as soy sauce contains salt)

For Deep Frying

  • Oil – as needed for deep frying

For Munchurian:

  • Oil – 2 tsp
  • Onion – 2 (cut into big square pieces)
  • Capsicum?bell pepper – 1 (cut in to square shape)
  • Green chillies – 3 (Cut lengthwise)
  • Spring Onions – 1 bunch (chopped finely)
  • Ginger – 1 inch (chopped finely)
  • Garlic – 5 cloves (Chopped finely)
  • Tomato sauce – 2 tsp
  • Chilli sauce – 2 tsp
  • Soy sauce – 1 tsp
  • Vinegar – 1 tsp
  • Sugar – 1/4 tsp (if you use sweet chilli sauce, no need to add sugar)
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Coriander leaves – few

Method

  • Cut the idli’s in square shapes.
  • In a kadai, add the ingredients under the Frying and fry the idli’s for 5 minutes.
  • Keep it aside.
  • Prepare the batter with the ingredients given under the For Batter.
  • Dip the fried idli’s in the batter and deep fry them in the oil till they turn reddish colour. (Dont overburn them)
  • Filter the oil using the kitchen tissue paper.
  • In another pan, add the ingredients given under Munchurian topic one by one as per given order.
  • If the gravy becomes thick, sprinkle little water over them and finally add the deep fried idli’s and mix them well until the gravy coats the idli’s well.
  • Garnish with some spring onions and coriander leaves.
  • Serve them hot.

Sending this to the following events
1. My event – Celebrating Independence Day – 2010
2. Scrumptious Delights from Leftovers by PJ.
3. Visual treat by Sanyukta.

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Comments

  3. simply.food says

    This dish looks wonderful and tasty.Thankyou for dropping by simply.food your visit and comments are very much appreciated.
    If you are looking for gujarati recipes there are few on my blog it self that you can try out or serach the net.Looking forward to your entry for flavours of gujarat.

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  10. megha says

    wow what a new innovation.never tried and heard of these.now will try these soon.looks yum.do see and tell me my recent recipe of vegetable poha which i hv posted whether u like it or not

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  13. Roshu says

    Thanks for visiting ma blog and passing on ur valuable comments…U have such a wonderful blog with variety of recipes…ur recipes r very creative….keep rocking dear.

    Reply

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