Idli dosai kurma
Popular Tamilnadu street style kurma for Idli | dosai

- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 potato boiled and mashed
- 1 onion
- 1/2 tomato
- 3 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- Few curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt as needed
- Coriander leaves to garnish
- 1-1.5 cup water
- 7 cashew nuts
- 1 tbsp pottukadalai | roasted gram dal
- 1 green chili
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp kalpaasi | stone flower
- 1/2 to mato
- 3 tbsp coconut
Instructions
- 1
Let’s first grind the cashew nuts, pottukadalai, red chili powder, green chili, ½ tomato, coconut, fennel seeds and kalpaasi into a fine paste.
- 2
Add water to grind this into a smooth paste. You can add 1-2 cloves of garlic while grinding.
- 3
Keep this aside.
- 4
In a pan add oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- 5
Once the mustard crackles add the onions and saute till translucent.
- 6
Now add the finely chopped tomatoes to this and cook till it becomes mushy.
- 7
Add the ground paste to this and add 1 cup of water.
- 8
Now add the boiled mashed potato.
- 9
Adding potato is optional, you can make it as a plain kurma too.
- 10
Now add ½ - 1 cup of water. Kurma tends to thicken once it is cool, so add water accordingly.
- 11
Add salt and mix well.
- 12
Let this boil for 5 minutes.
- 13
Switch off the flame and garnish with curry leaves.
- 14
Idli dosai kurma is ready.