The name of the dish may sound stylish but it is made from all left overs. I had some left over idlis, wanted to convert them into upma, but then I remembered The Cookers Waffled Idlis !
Her waffled idlis inspired me to grill these left over idlis in my sandwich maker, so that they got the same golden check look.
I slit both the idlis into two halves.
First Idli- I put some left over potato sabzi and garlic chutney(I will be giving the recipe in the next post) on one side of the idli. Then covered it with the second half.
Second Idli– I put some grated cheese, some finely cut green chilis, crushed black pepper, finely cut coriander leaves.Covered this with the second half piece of idli.
Dribbled the grill plate with some oil. Placed the idlis on it. Dribbled some drops of oil on the top side of the idli, and closed the sandwich maker lightly. Grilled till they were golden and crisp.
Serve with tomato sauce or chutney.
This is my entry for WBB-12 a popular event started by Nandita and now hosted by Trupti.
22 responses so far ↓
roopa // June 20, 2007 at 9:39 am
yummy looks delicious. Grilled iddilis would be best served for kids who say ah ooo for eating iddlis….wonderfull idea,
Thanx Roopa
Even I can’t believe that I tried it . In fact todays post is all fresh . We had these idlis for breakfast today and within one hour the recipe was posted.
Suganya // June 20, 2007 at 9:41 am
One thing that always amuses is the creativity of bloggers. ‘Indian Panini’ looks good
Suganya you are so creative , mine was just an experiment and it clicked
sra // June 20, 2007 at 9:56 am
Interesting! Were they crunchy?
No, they were crisp on the outside but not crunchy like Waffles
Coffee // June 20, 2007 at 9:56 am
What an innovation!!!!
Now that seems to come from a clever person indeed 
Thanx Coffee
I have become more adventurous since I have started blogging.
You all are so talented chefs, I am slowly learning from you all
TheCooker // June 20, 2007 at 12:02 pm
What a great idea!
‘ditto’ for sra’s question.
Thanx TC for inspiring me to make this.I don’t have a waffle iron , but would love to try out your waffles idlis.
The outer covering was crisp but not as crunchy as waffles
Usha // June 20, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Hi!
what a way to have idlis!!!!!!!
Haa haa but they tasted good
sia // June 20, 2007 at 1:08 pm
?????????????????
i guess next time i will try grilled idlis instead of leftover idli upma 
now that is one clever idea
!!!!!!!!!!!All this is the result of blogging with brainy and talented blogger buddies (that includes you too) that such clever ideas come to my mind :)))))))
Asha // June 20, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Grilled Idlis!!!!That is so clever girl.Crunchy and smokey soft Idlis.Excellent:))
Oh every one seems to have liked the idea . I just experimented and it was successful. Yes it was crisp outside and soft inside
sukanya // June 20, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Woooo…This is a different try…..Lovely…Waiting to try this out…
Thanx Sukanya
bee // June 20, 2007 at 6:14 pm
are you going to post the dry maharashtrian garlic chutney? so looking forward to that.
Yes Bee it is the same chutney I am going to post next
Richa // June 20, 2007 at 7:51 pm
grilled idli, now that is an excellent idea! blog duniya madhye aajkal naveen prakarchya padarthanchi sankhya vadhat ahe
tya dusrya idliwar pivla kaay ahey, mala vatla corn ahey. tey grill marks phar chan disat ahet
Aag ashich tar recipe create hotat
Dusrya idli war corn ahey . Me lihayla visarle. ata update karte 
Tya grill marks sathich tar hi recipe banavili :))
Mishmash! // June 20, 2007 at 8:02 pm
hey…quite an innovative idea….cool one
so queen of leftover cooking , huh ? 
No no Queen of lazy cooking :)))
Shn
Thanx Shn
Bharathy // June 20, 2007 at 10:43 pm
A real fusion food,Archu :)..nice to see the head pic changing with every post..the blurred look has a great effect there..last time it was that grilled veggies pic right???:)..My chiily on profile is the one I plucked fresh from my garden..I wanted to have one photographed on my own to match with the bloname -chilly..previously i was the free pic from slide.com with many chillies :)thanx for the appreciation
Thanx Bharathy
Even the chillis you used for sambhar podi are bright red and big.
I give a water colour effect to the photo of the recipe and put it as the header.So with every post, header changes. Actually I don’t have a good camera so my pictures do not come clear, and header is big it will show all the flaws so I thought of this idea :)))
You have a nice chilli plant at home. The colour of the chilli is stunning red. The single chilli is looking nice
I just can’t think of any photo for my blog to suit its name
Ramya // June 21, 2007 at 12:44 am
haha… Idly sandwich!!!?!?! Had never heard of such a thing before. Sounds very interesting. Thanks for giving me the idea!
Even I had never heard it too haahaha :)))
shanti // June 21, 2007 at 1:59 am
hi ur grilled idle sandwhich is so good………cool recipe…
Thanx Shanti
viji // June 21, 2007 at 2:52 am
Heyyy quite a good idea to use up the left overs
Nice experiment 
Thanx Viji, I get inspiration from you all only
Deepa // June 21, 2007 at 8:15 am
Cool One..Very creative ….Never heard of it …
Thanx Deepa , neither did I know my experiment will be successful
viji // June 21, 2007 at 10:26 am
A nice entry Archana, Ya it was wonderful idea. Viji
Thanx Viji
sharmi // June 21, 2007 at 7:14 pm
thats very innovative!
Innovative experiment
))))))
trupti // June 22, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Oh my gosh….that is an AWESOME idea…,.I loved this entry!
thanks Archana.
Thanx Trupti
Priyanka // July 9, 2007 at 7:35 pm
That sounds soooooooooooo…. yummy. Nice post
Thanx for stopping by my blog Priyanka
thanx ,glad you liked it 
Lakshmi // July 24, 2007 at 9:10 am
wooa, that was a brainy idea indeed. Never thought of putting those idlis into griller! gr8 idea. First visit to ur blog and it was yummy
Thanx for stopping by Lakshmi :)Glad you liked it .
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