Tawa Idly is a famous Hyderabadi dish that is served almost at every alternate place. If you are someone who is not a fan of Idly then you should definitely try the very alternate form of idly being very tasty Tawa Idly. The Idly is cut into four, drizzled with butter and topped with a spice powder that changes the whole game. You can find the story of how I gathered the recipe of the powder here Butter Dosa Street Style. If you are some one who tasted it already and wondered how it’s made, then here we go with the recipe on How to make Tawa Idly at home.

Required Ingredients:

Oil: 2 teaspoons
Butter: 3-4 teaspoons
Ghee: 1 table spoon
Onions: 1 finely chopped
coriander leaves: finely chopped
Mustard seeds: 1/3 of a teaspoon
Curry leaves: few
Slit green chilis: 1/ optional
Corriander seeds: 2 tablespoon
Red chilis: 8-10
Garam masala powder: 1/4 of a teaspoon
Aamchur powder: 1/2 of a teaspoon
turmeric powder: 1/4 of a teaspoon

Method to make Tawa idly at home

Take a pan and add oil. When the oil is little hot add in the butter and let it melt.

Once the butter melts add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.

To the pan add chopped onions and slit green chilis. We only want the onions to be translucent and not fully cooked. Hence saute them till they are just transparent.