PARUPPU IDIYAPPAM– BREAKFAST RECIPES

• Cooked idiyappam – 3 cups
• Moong dal – 1/4 cup
• Big onion – 2 nos (finely chopped)
• Green chillies – 3 nos (slitted)
• Cumin seeds/jeera – 1.5 tsp (coarsely crushed)
• Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

To temper

• Cooking oil – 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Urad dal – 2 tsp
• Asafetida/hing – 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves – few

• Make idiyappam and loosen it lightly using ur hands or fork..Usually i cook the dal while making idiyappam in the idli pot itself. For that, inside the idli pot , place the dal in a small bowl and add the required water .By the time u finish making idiyappam , dal would have been cooked and blossomed.It takes nearly 10 mins.Remove the dal and set aside.Make sure dal should not be mushy.

• In a kadai ,heat oil and temper all the ingredients given above in the same order.Then add the big onions , green chillies and saute till transparent.Add the required salt. Mix well .Lastly add the blossomed moong dal. Mix for a minute and set aside.

• Add this dal mixture to the cooked idiyappam and mix well. Add coconut oil and coarsely ground jeera.

• Mix well and serve !!