How To Make Fresh Leftover Rice | Kitchen Tips and Tricks

Method
Put leftover rice in a pan and cover it with a lid. Take idli maker, add little water and place a plate on it. Put this rice vessel, cover it and steam it for 10 to 15 minutes. It will become as fresh as freshly cooked rice.

Curd Rice- Thayir Saadam

Ingredients
rice cooked or leftover - 1 bowl
yogurt
salt as per taste

for tempering
mustard seed - 1 tsp
urad dal/ black gram dal - 1 tbl.sp
red chilli chopped - 1 or 2
ginger grated - 1 1/2 tsp
few curry leaves

Method
In a bowl take cooked rice and to it add yogurt. If it is too thick add water.Mix it well.

Heat oil in another pan, add mustard seed, urad dal/black gram dal, ginger grated, few curry leaves, red chilli and pour on the yogurt rice. Mix well and serve with pickle.

Phodnicha Bhaat

Ingredients
Peanuts - a handful
Mustard seed - 1 tsp
Cumin seed - 1 tsp
Garlic - 3 to 4 crushed
Green chillies - 2
Few curry leaves
Onion - 1 medium
Leftover cooked  rice - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder - as per taste
Few chopped corriander leaves
Juice of half lemon
Salt as per taste

Method
Heat oil in a pan and fry peanuts. Remove and keep aside.
In the same oil, add mustard and cumin seed. When they splutter add green chillies, curry leaves and crushed garlic. Saute for few seconds. Add sliced onion and cook till it becomes soft.
Add rice to it and also add turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix well and let it cook for a minute.
Add chopped corriander leaves and juice of half lemon. Serve hot.

Cheesy Leftover Rice Cutlet

Ingredients
cooked rice - 1 cup
cooked peas - 1/4 cup
potato - 1 boiled
grated ginger - 1 tsp
green chilli - 2 chopped
black pepper pwder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
few chopped corriander leaves
salt as per taste
bread crumbs - 1 cup
cheese cubes

Method
In a bowl mix all these ingredients together except cheese.
Take littel ball of it, make it flat and place one piece of cheese into it.
Close it and make it round or oblonge shape. Fry in oil till golden brown in color.
Serve hot with ketchup.

Rice and Soya Tikki

Ingredients
leftover cooked rice - 1 cup 
soya chunks - 1/2 cup boiled and squeezed
onion - 1
potato - 1
garlic - 6 tp 7 flakes
cottage cheese/paneer - 6 to 7 cubes
few spinach leaves
soya sauce - 1 tsp
corn flour - 2 tbl.sp
salt and pepper as per taste

Method
Blend all the given ingredients coarsely and make small tikkis.
Roll on cornflour powder and shallow fry in oil try till golden brown in color. Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

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