Fried Idli (Mumbai Style Recipe)

Bought some leftover Idli at dwelling? Don’t wish to simply reheat them and eat with the same old chutney and sambar? Nicely, I’ve simply received the recipe so that you can flip these right into a crunchy, munchy, yummy dish – the Fried Idli, a specialty from the meals tradition of Mumbai in Maharashtra. Apart from being a fast snack made with leftover idlis, this Fried Idli recipe can also be a well-known breakfast dish in lots of South Indian eating places throughout Mumbai. With simply 4 elements, it is a vegan recipe as effectively.  

About Fried Idli

Because the identify of the recipe suggests, Fried Idli merely means idli that’s deep fried. Mainly, on this recipe, the idlis are lower into thick batons or fingers or wedges after which deep-fried to a crispy, golden perfection.

That is then adopted by a sprinkle of both of those floor spice powders on the crispy idlis – crimson chilli powder, chaat masala powder, Idli Podi or pav bhaji masala.

This Fried Idli is the best way I might have the identical dish within the South Indian or Udupi eating places of Mumbai.

Whereas making this Fried Idli recipe at dwelling, you may customise the dish and select to sprinkle the fried idlis with any masala of your selection. Personally, I really like the idli podi and crimson chili powder with these crunchy idli fingers.

Along with this Idli Fry, these are among the easy-peasy and fundamental, but delicious dishes you can make with leftover idlis:

This can be a tremendous straightforward recipe made with a minimal variety of elements you can ever think about of.

You’ll be able to relish this Fried Idli together with your favourite coconut chutney and even with tomato ketchup or a inexperienced chutney made with coriander or mint leaves.

Step-by-Step Information

Find out how to make Fried Idli

1. Reduce 4 to five refrigerated or day previous idlis into fingers or wedges or batons.

Don’t use idlis which can be steaming scorching or made on the identical day. As these are too mushy, fluffy and moist, they will break within the oil whereas frying.

2. Warmth oil for deep frying in a kadai or pan until medium scorching. Add the idli fingers and deep fry until gentle golden or barely extra.

Don’t fry for an extended time and make them too golden or brown. Ideally, the fried idli items ought to be crisp from exterior and mushy from inside.

You can even decide to pan fry or shallow fry them. If pan frying or shallow frying, then hold the idlis entire and don’t chop them. It’s simpler to pan fry or shallow fry entire idlis than chopped idlis. If you happen to want, you can too halve them.

3. Take away the smaller items first as they may get fried shortly. Drain the Fried Idli on kitchen paper towels to take away extra oil.

Sprinkle both chaat masala, crimson chili powder, pav bhaji masala or idli podi on high and a few salt. Combine effectively in order that masala coats the Fried Idli evenly.

4. Serve Fried Idli scorching with Sambar, Coconut Chutney or tomato ketchup.

Right here’s to leftover meals

I don’t find out about the remainder of the world and completely different delicacies cultures, however in India, meals is definitely thought of as sacred and an emotion in itself.

Whether or not in north, south, east, west or central areas, an Indian is kind of delicate about their very own regional delicacies in addition to meals in totality.

So, with leftover meals as effectively, we Indians attempt to use it the utmost occasions and never dump it in trash bins. Particularly for dwelling cooks, cooking with leftover meals is a standard phenomenon of their day-today lives.

We’d simply reheat the identical meals and eat it. However as a result of we’re additionally artistic, there are various dishes which can be particularly created with leftover meals being the first ingredient.

Similar to this Fried Idli, there are various different Indian recipes which can be developed utilizing leftover meals. There’s a whole vary of sabzis or dry vegetable preparations which can be used as a stuffing or filling to make delicious sandwiches, rolls and wraps.

Then, there are dishes like this Masala Rice performed with leftover rice, the Punjabi Aloo Tikki Chole with leftover chana masala and a few South Indian dishes like Kuzhi Paniyaram and Sweet Paniyaram made with leftover idli/dosa batter.

This recipe of Fried Idli occurs to be a success amongst all my relations too. So, at any time when there’s idli on the menu, the following day I find yourself making this crispy and attractive dish for positive.

Skilled Ideas

1. To make this dish, you should utilize solely leftover idlis or a day-old idlis which were refrigerated. Don’t use contemporary idli as a result of it’s mushy. Thus, can break within the oil whereas frying and take in a number of oil as effectively. It could actually additionally stick to one another whereas frying.
2. It’s at all times higher to refrigerate the idli for a couple of hours earlier than you fry them. This manner, they received’t break whereas frying within the scorching oil.
3. In case you don’t wish to deep-fry the idlis, you can too both pan-fry or shallow-fry them.
4. Whereas frying idlis, the smaller items get fried shortly as in comparison with the bigger items. So, it’s a must to take away the small items first. If not performed this manner and fried all of the items equally, then the skin texture of smaller items will flip a bit of dense because of additional frying and you might not like them.
5. Don’t fry the idlis too brown. They need to be crisp from exterior and mushy from inside.

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This Fried Idli from the archives first revealed in Might 2014 has been up to date and republished on December 2022.