Idly Upma with leftover idlies

You have quite few leftover idlies on hand. You are wondering what to do with them. Here’s a simple upma made with leftover idlies. This upma is quite common as most people make it.

There are couple of other options you could do with idlies. Cut them into chunks and deep fry. Serve with sauce, chutney. They taste like vadas But for today’s recipe, we shall see how to make upma with leftover idlies.

Oats Dosa

This is a non-instant version of oats dosa. Just add a cup of oats to your usual dosa batter while grinding. You are ready to make yummy oats dosa. :)

Potato Sandwich

We were getting bored with regular breakfast items like idlies, any dosa variety, poori or pongal. So we decided to go for potato sandwich. We were having it after a really long time. My DH is a person who does not like to experiment much with food. Hence generally at home, its the traditional items that get prepared. But somehow he agreed to go for sandwiches for breakfast. So I was happy :)

Ragi Dosa

Ragi also known as Finger Millet or African Millet, is highly nutritious and is very easy to digest. The fact that this millet does not contain gluten makes it an wonderful alternative for people with diabetes. Ragi is rich in calcium, fiber, protein, iron and other minerals.

Ragi aids in bone development, reduces high glucose levels in blood, aids in weight loss, lowers blood cholesterol and has many more health benefits. Its good to include ragi in some form or other atleast once or twice in a week if not on daily basis. A word of caution for people suffering from kidney stone. High intake of Ragi is not advised for such people.

Ragi is called Kelvaragu in Tamil, Ragi in Telugu and Kannada, and Mangal in Hindi.

Instant Oats Oothapam

My friend Padma requested for some recipes for breakfast as she was bored with idly, dosa, upma. So was thinking for a while and came up with this instant oats oothapam recipe. The taste is really yummy, similar to that of maida dosa. I bet if anyone would find out its oats oothapam just by tasting it.

Macaroni in tomato sauce

Macaroni is one of my favorites. I prepare this when I'm lazy enough to cook a meal for myself.

I make macaroni either in white sauce or tomato sauce. Both taste great but I prefer macaroni in tomato sauce since its tangy. :)

I use olive oil when I prepare macaroni. You may use any vegetable oil. I use blanched tomatoes and onions for a nice flavor. It also helps in cooking of the sauce faster since its half cooked already.

Poha - The microwave way

While I was browsing through few blogs, I came across Srivalli's blog which was hosting a MEC event on 365 days of microwave cooking. So here I'm editing my previous post to send an entry to the same.

This is for Srivalli's MEC event, from http://cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com/2007/08/announcing-microwave-easy-cooking-event.html

Never thought poha would be so delicious when made in the oven with just 2 tsps of oil. Yes...2 tsps of oil..can you believe that? I did try it out and believe me it tastes so good.

I make poha either for breakfast or as an evening snack. It actually is a full meal in itself.

Semiya Dosa

I would like to share with you the recipe for semiya dosa which I had learnt from my aunt several years ago. It tastes yummy even without a side dish.