Gongura Idly Upma

"Gongura Idly Upma" is my own innovative recipe, a different kind of breakfast or evening snack that can be made within 10 minutes time.

Idly Upma is one of the most commonly made recipes with leftover Idlis.

I sometimes hate eating Idlies. I love eating Dosais more than the Idlies. To make myself eat more Idlies (atleast more than 2, haha...), I wanted to do something different with our main ingredient. There was a store bought Gongura Paste in my kitchen. I wanted to try something different and gave it a try. Finally, ended up making this delicious Gongura Idli Upma.

This special breakfast doesn't require any kind of side-dish, as we are using two side-dishes (Idly-Dosai Milagai Karupellai Podi & Gongura Paste) in the main course itself.

Readers, please give it a try and comment on my innovative recipe. Do leave your suggestions on how more innovative this can be made.

Ingredients
Idlies - 7 (cut into small cubes or dices)
Readymade Gongura Paste - 1 tbsp
Milagai Karuvepillai Podi - 1 tsp
(Home-made coarse powder made with Dry Roasted [Red Chillies, Curry Leaves, Split Urad Dhal])
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Green Chilli - 1 (finely chopped)
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tbsp

To Season
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Split Urad Dhal - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Milagai Karuvepillai Podi - 1/2 tsp
(Dry Red Chillies & Curry Leaves coarse powder)
Curry Leaves - few

Preparation

Heat Oil in a Pan. To the hot oil, add the items given in "To Season" one-by-one and allow it to splutter.

Add the finely chopped onions, green chillies & salt. Saute for a minute and then add the Gongura paste. Again saute for less than a minute.

Now add the diced idly cubes and saute for 2 minutes.

Add cumin powder, pepper powder and the home-made dry chillies-curry leaves coarse powder, little salt if required. Mix it well and then saute for another 2 minutes.

Turn off the stove and transfer the Gongura Idli Upma to a serving plate and serve it hot.