Idli upma recipe, a best reliable recipe for leftover Idli. This recipe made in few minutes and can be served as an evening snack or as breakfast. An instant dish to satisfy hunger tummies. This is the wholesome dish and does not require any side dish.
We make this quite often in our family and sometimes we make extra idlies just to make this idli upma.
Generally, we make this in the evening hours, after tiresome office works.
An easily digestible dish that can be had in the evening hours not to worry about indigestion stomachs.
The spice level is adjusted according to the idly/chutney powder added at the end of the making process.
Few tips to keep in mind before making this Idli Upma Recipe:
- The leftover can be fresh/ refrigerated or even frozen.
- Refrigerate leftover idlies in airtight containers. This way it stays fresh for about a week. It is the best practice to store idlies in the refrigerator once they reach the room temperature.
- Refrigerated idlies are better for the texture.
- Refrigerated idlies are hard and crystallized, but they need not be thawed for making this recipe.
- But frozen idlies need to be thawed.
- The idlies can be scrambled or diced or can be cut into strips. So cut them to your choice.
- Idli/chutney powder is the important ingredient after idlies.
- But Any leftover chutney like garlic chutney, mango chutney, coriander chutney can also be used.
- Addition of different chutney provides different flavored dishes.
- Need to make the super quick dish? Curry leaves, green chilies are optional and avoid it if you do not have enough time to make.
A hot cup of coffee paired up with this idli upma is the ultimate satisfying dish for anyone to feels hungry after returning home.
How to make Idli Upma:
Place the idlies over the bowl or plate.
Use fork, hand, or masher to make the idlies crumble. Keep it aside.
In a pan add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, add mustard and urad dal. Allow the mustard seeds to splutter. Add chopped onion. And saute it for a while until the onion turns pink and soft. Now add curry leaves, split green chilies,
Add scrambled idlies and saute it for few minutes until the scrambles become hot. 
Now add chutney powder, saute for a minute until the scrambled idlies coated well with the chutney powder.
Serve hot as breakfast or as evening teatime snack. This idli upma recipe does not require any side dish.
Idli upma Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Idli
- 1/2 Cup Onion Chopped
- 3 tbsp Chutney Powder
- 8 Curry leaves
- 2 Green chili /Serrano pepper
- 1/2 tsp Black Mustard seeds
- 2 tbsp Cooking oil
Instructions
- Place the idlies over the bowl or plate.
- Crumble idlies into small chunks and keep it aside.
- In a pan add 2 table spoon of cooking oil, add mustard and urad dal.
- Allow the mustard seeds to splutter.
- Add chopped onion. And saute it for a while until the onion turns pink and soft.
- Now add curry leaves, stilted green chilies. Saute for a minute.
- Add scrambled idlies and saute it for few minutes until the idli crumbles becomes hot.
- Now add chutney powder, saute for a minute until the crumbles coated well with the chutney powder.
- Serve Idli upma recipe hot as breakfast or as evening teatime snack.
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