Ingredients

• 8 idlis
• Tomato - 3
• Onion - 1
• Capsicum - 1
• Chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Garam Masala powder - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
• Rice flour - 2 tbsp
• Maida /all-purpose flour - 2 tbsp
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander leaves
• Curry leaves (optional)
• Red food color (optional) - 1 pinch
• Oil - 2 tbsp

How to Make Chilli Idli

• Grind tomato with chilli powder and turmeric powder.
• In the ground paste, add salt, garam masala, red food colour, maida and rice flour and mix well.
• The batter should be of bajji batter consistency.
• Cut idlis into 4 pieces.
• In a wide pan, heat oil and fry onions and capsicum with salt and keep them separately.
• Dip the idli pieces in the batter, and in the same pan, heat oil and shallow fry the idlis.
• Fry for 4 minutes till it becomes crisp and season with finely cut coriander leaves, curry leaves and fried onion mixture.