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

Method:

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

Recipe courtesy of Renu