Idli Manchurian recipe-Indo Chinese recipe-leftover idli recipe

Idli is made with ground rice, black gram, fenugreek seeds and salt. It is come from South India. We can make different types of dishes with steam idli.Idli manchurian is delicious and healthy indo Chinese snacks that we can make  it with fresh or leftover idli also.

Ingredients :

For idli :

½ kg idli batter
1 tsp salt

Ingredients :

For stuffing :

1 carrot
1 capsicum
2 onion
1 tbsp grated garlic
1 tsp grated Ginger
10-12 french beans
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp tomato sauce
½ tsp black pepper powder
1 tbsp cornstarch
Salt as per taste

Method

Method for idli making :

• Take 2 glass water in idli maker.
• Cover the idli maker and heat the water for 10 minutes in slow flame.
• Take half kg readymade idli batter.

• Add salt 1 tsp in it.
• Beat the batter properly.
• For spongy idli batter, you can take half cup black gram, 1 cup rice and 1 tsp fenugreek seeds.
• Soak all ingredients and and blend these. Then cover the batter and keep aside for 10-12 hour.
• This is the process to make homemade idli batter.
• Grease idli moulds in oil.
• Add batter in mould.
• Arrange the mould for steaming.

• After 10 minute when water started boiling keep the idli mould in the middle part of the water.
• Cover idli maker and steam it for 12 to 15 minutes in slow midium flame.
• After 15 minute when it idli steamed properly open the idli maker and keep aside it for 10 minutes.
• Then take all the idli from idli maker.
• Cut the idli in pieces.
• Now idli pieces are ready for making idli manchurian.

Method :

For making the gravy :

• Heat 2 tbsp oil in medium flame.
• Add onion pieces, grated ginger and garlic in hot oil.
• Stir it for ½ minute.
• then add vegetables in it.

• Grated carrot, pieces of capsicum and french beans. You can add any types of vegetables as you like.
• Add salt in vegetables as needed.
• We will cook it without cover.
• Because we need crunchy vegetables for idli manchurian.
• Stir it for 2 minute in medium flame.

• Then add soya sauce, tomato sauce, cornstarch batter and salt as per taste in vegetables.
• Add half cup more water in the gravy.
• Stir it in slow flame till it started boiling.
• Then at add ½ tsp black pepper powder in it. Mix it.

• Now add idli pieces in gravy.
• Mix it till the gravy properly mix with all idli pieces.
• Then take idli manchurian in a plate for serving.

• Garnish plate with spring onion.
• Now idli manchurian is ready for serving

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