Stuffed idly, south-indian idly stuffed with spicy vegetable masala. Simple rice cakes elevated to another level by stuffing your choicest filling, steam cooked and served with an assortment of condiments.
Idly, the best breakfast made ever! Ask any south-indian, we love our idlies and dosa's, we cannot live without idly batter in our fridge. Stuffed idlies is something, which i make, when i have sour idly batter, the spicy, masala veggies stuffing, masks the sourness in the batter and makes it delicious.
Whenever i want to give something new for my kids lunchbox, i give them for their dinner first. Once approved, it gets to their lunchbox. I cannot stand food waste, i don't mind them eating less. This masala idly was packed after one such experiment.
Idly Varieties to try
Stuffed Idly|Masala Stuffed Idly
Ingredients
For the idly
- Idly batter as required
- gingely oil to grease the plates
For the stuffing
- 1 no medium sized onion finely chopped
- 1 no capsicum thinly sliced
- ½ a carrot finely chopped
- 1 no medium sized tomato finely chopped
- 1 no green chili
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon grated ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
Tempering
- 2 teaspoon oil any vegetable oil
- ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
- a pinch of turmeric powder
- a sprig of curry leaf, torn into pieces
Instructions
The stuffing
- Heat a sauce pan, heat oil given under tempering, splutter mustard seeds, add asafoetida, and curry leaves.
- Next add chopped onions and green chili, saute until onions turn translucent
- Now add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and salt and cook until tomatoes turn mushy.
- Now dump all the chopped veggies, add ¼ cup of water and salt. Cover and cook until done.
- There should be no liquid in the filling. Even after cooking, if there is still liquid, cook without cover until all the liquid is absorbed. Let the filling cool completely
Let us make Stuffed idly
- Grease the idly plates with gingely oil, fill half the mould with idly batter, spoon 2-3 teaspoon of filling into each hole, now top it with another ladle of batter.
- Steam cook for 15 minutes. Once done, let it cool for 2-3 minutes, then unmould the idlies onto a serving plate.
- The idlies can also be made in one single big plate. if you make it one single plate, cut and pack as wedges.
- Pack or serve them with a generous drizzle of gingely oil/ ghee with idly podi on top
Video
Notes
- The stuffing should be dry or else i will not steam well with the idly.
- While filling the idly plates make sure you fill them halfway first, add the stuffing and pour remaining batter on top of the stuffing.
- Do not fill the idly mould more than its capacity, it will overflow and the idlies might not look pleasing to the eyes, though they might steam and taste well.
- You can make the filling with veggies of your choice.
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
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These Stuffed idlies can be served as part of breakfast or brunch. They make a great appetizer in parties and get together. Make them ahead and reheat them just before serving.
Serve these cute and tasty masala stuffed idlies with an array of accompaniments like chutneys and podi's to make it an exotic dish.
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Sandhiya
Wow, what a flavorful stuffed idly, Priya. Totally yum !!! I do often make this kind of stuffing in idlies and i like to have them as it is without any side dish :-). Great start to lunch box series , looking forward to the series
Sharmila kingsly
Love this concept of sneak peak veggies in idli.. I will definitely try out soon!!
vaishali sabnani
Stuffed Idli is a great idea to use your sour batter , chopped do that with the dhokla batter , I agree if the lunch box comes back as it is it’s such a shame , I like the way you have give a trial and get approval on your dabba dishes .
Harini R
Looks super cool. I always mean to make these stuffed idlis with left over sabji but always face resistance from family:). I should probably make the filling fresh and try it, right?
Srividhya
Stuffed idlis looks so perfect and the way you have presented is simply awesome. Kids approved dish rocks always. Love that tiffin box. Is it the Vaya one?
Kalyani
Oh ! What all we moms do to get our kids to eat healthy stuff right ! These veggies idlis must be very tasty .
Priya Suresh
This idli makes me nostalgic, this is how mom used to feed us with vegetables. Its been a while i prepared this idlies. Looks fabulous Priya.
Gayathri Kumar
These idlis with filling looks awesome. If kids approve then it would be a great relief for us moms.
Pavani
Stuffed idli with vegetables sounds absolutely delicious. Any recipe that pleases kids is always considered a super duper hit.
Srivalli
Oh I love stuffed idlies though I haven't tried it with my kids. They don't like idlis unfortunately, I really wonder how..But the rest of the elders are very fond and I keep making this with sour batter..I am going to enjoy and making note of your theme this week Priya..
Mayuri Patel
I'm completely bowled over by this stuffed idli. What a treat to get in the lunchbox. Next time I make idli batter will try this recipe.
Unknown
wow such an amazing stuffed idli priya, The stuffing is so very interesting.. Wonderful recipe kids would love such idli. Wonderful captures too , I love how you cut them and presented !! Looks fantastic !!
cookingwithsapana
Omg those stuffed idlis looks so tempting, I can’t even make idlis properly the stuffed one sounds super complicated to me. Will come back here if I dare to try them.
Suma Gandlur
These look super, Priya. I haven't tried idli stuffed in this manner. Have to surprise my husband some time with these.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Those stuffed idlis just look amazing. I have never made them before but have been seeing it a lot. I need to give this a try.
preeti garg
Wow.. lovely idea to serve vegetables in idli for kids lunchbox.
Padmajha
Yes Priya, totally agree, I too try it out when they eat at home and then pack for the box. Hate to see it go waste and its sad when they come back home hungry because they din't like it. I have always wanted to make stuffed idli but my folks are not very excited at that idea!!
Shobha
Stuffed idlis look great .. I must try these.. really like the idea and we have so many options for stuffing .
Swati
One of the best way to use the leftover dry subzis.. perfect to pack for kids lunch box. Will surely try these..
Archana
Priya can I join your family? Please adopt me. 😀
Love the idli n will love to try it out.
cookwithrenu
Such a healthy combo, I mean the Vegetables and Idli. I did checked your video too on this, done to detail. Awesome
Jaleela Kamal
semma stuffed idly
veena
That is so correct that we south Indians love our idlis and dosas. The stuffed looks so delicious Priya . I should try this soon
Sujata Roy
Vegetable stuffed idli wow! Super healthy share. These stuffed idli looks superbly delicious. Loved your click.
Sasmita
WOW love these stuffed idlis !! looks super tempting share and perfect for kids tiffin box completely