Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Street Style Tawa Idli using Podi is a vegetarian Indian breakfast made with idli, onion, and coriander leaves in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 6 idli
  • 1/4 cup onion (finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (finely chopped)
  • 1 stalk curry leaves
  • 2 tablespoons gun powder (idli podi)
  • 1-2 tablespoons butter ((or ghee))

Method

  1. Heat tawa & add butter.
  2. When butter melts, add onions, coriander and curry leaves, saute for a minute.
  3. Add gunpowder or idli podi to that mixture and salute well 2 minutes on medium low flame.
  4. Add idli’s and toss them well in that masala and cook on both sides.Let them roast a bit.
  5. Spicy tawa idli is ready, can be served with coconut chutney.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.