Idli Upma Recipe

Recipe with leftover idlis | No onion n garlic recipe | Quick & healthy breakfast | Tiffin snack
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Recipe / food styling / photography by - Sunayana Gupta





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Nothing can beat a quick and healthy breakfast recipe that could be made with ‘Leftovers’and served in minutes. Delicious, no hectic preparations and optimum utilization of food. ‘Idli Upma’ is a one such delectable recipe that you can make in a jiffy for a scrumptious breakfast with leftover idlis. The recipe is quite simple, crumbled idlis sauted with an array of spices and fresh curry leaves make a quick fix breakfast for busy mornings. The best part, you can use any kind of idli to make this recipe whether it is rice idli, rawa idli, tomato rawa idli or instant vegetable rawa idli. You can easily pack this idli upma for lunch box along with some pickle or chutney.

Try out this recipe to know how easy it is to transform kitchen leftovers into a whole new enticing meal and yes…..do not miss to refer our TIPS at the bottom!



*Enjoy idli upma in breakfast with a cup of tea or pack in lunch box with mint coriander chutney for a light meal, you will love it!

*This idli upma also tastes great when topped with ghee and some Andhra paruppu podi.

*For a South Indian lunch spread serve idli upma with bottle gourd churakka thoran, pavakkai stir fry and egg curry. Do not miss to pair with chaas and jeera rice.

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Idli Upma

Idli Upma is nothing can beat a quick and healthy breakfast recipe that could be made with leftovers and served in minutes. Delicious, no hectic preparations and optimum utilization of foodIdli Upma is a one such delectable recipe that you can make in a jiffy for a scrumptious breakfast with leftover idlis.

Preparation Time : 2 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes

Category : Breakfast
Cuisine :
Servings : 2 servings

Author : Sunayana Gupta

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Recipe Ingredients

  • Idlis – 10
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tea spoon
  • Curry leaves – 5-7
  • Asafetida – A pinch
  • Chana dal – 1 tea spoon
  • Urad dal – 1 tea spoon
  • Green chilly (Chopped) – 1 (Optional)
  • Dry red chilly – 2
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tea spoon
  • Lemon juice – Few drops
  • Salt – To taste
  • Oil – 2 table spoon

To garnish –

  • Freshly chopped coriander
  • Lemon wedges

How to make Idli Upma

  • To begin with making idli upma, first crumble the idlis. No need to use any spoon or knife for this. You can do this best with your hands. Keep these crumbled idlis aside.
  • Now, heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves, dry chilly, urad dal, channa dal, asafetida and fry for few seconds or till the lentils become pink and you get a nice aroma.
  • To this add turmeric powder, green chilly and the crumbled idlis. Give a nice stir. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Season with salt and lemon juice. Remove from heat.

Aromatic idli upma is ready. Transfer to a serving plate, garnish with some freshly chopped coriander and lemon wedges and serve.

Tips –

  • Add some finely chopped vegetables while frying the spices to make healthy ‘Vegetable Idli Upma’.
  • To make upma more rich, you can add dry fruits of choice. ‘Cashews’ taste best in this.
  • ’Rice idlis’ or ‘Rava/semolina idlis’, both can be used in this recipe.





  • Name
  • Idli Upma Recipe
  • Sub name
  • Recipe with leftover idlis | No onion n garlic recipe | Quick & healthy breakfast | Tiffin snack
  • Category
  • Breakfast
  • Cuisine
  • South Indian
  • Key ingredients
  • Leftover idlis & spices
  • Taste
  • Mild spicy & slight tangy
  • Texture
  • Soft, grainy
  • Preparation time
  • 2 minutes
  • Cooking time
  • 10 minutes
  • Servings
  • 2
  • Steps
  • 0
  • Created date
  • 2017-04-26 17:56:14

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