You may have seen my recipe for soft and spongy idli. This dish is prepared using leftover idli. So from South Indian dish to Chinese dish. This is an absolutely drool worthy recipe. It is a one pot meal, you won’t need anything else. If you don’t want to prepare idli at home, you can get few plain idli from the restaurant or get the frozen idli from grocery store and prepare this dish at home. It will be ready in just few minutes.
This recipe serves 2 people.
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Preparation time: 10-15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients:
6-7 leftover idli cut in cubes
1 onion sliced lengthwise
6-7 mushroom chopped
2 bell pepper cut lengthwise
Small pinch of ginger cut in thin strips
2-3 garlic cloves cut in thin strips
Oil for cooking
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Sauce:
2 tbsp corn starch
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
½ tsp sriracha sauce or chili sauce
¼ tsp vinegar
Salt to taste
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Procedure:
1. Heat a pan with some oil. Sauté idli cubes until brown from all sides. You can also deep fry idli. Keep on side
2. Mix all the sauce ingredients with 1 cup water.
3. Heat a big pan with 1 ½ tbsp oil. Add onion and mushroom. Sauté on medium to high on 2-3 minutes.
4. Then add ginger, garlic and pepper. Cook stirring continuous for another 2-3 minutes and then add fried idli and mix well
5. Then add sauce and mix well. Add little more water if needed. Adjust salt. Cook on low heat for 2-3 more minutes covering the lid. Sauce will be sticky.
Serve immediately as this taste the best when serve hot.
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