RECIPES WITH LEFT OVER RICE

Even though I am giving some tips to use left over rice, try and and make the correct amount, as rice has high starch, and will spoil easily.

To Measure Rice:

How do you measure rice to avoid leftover rice?

On an ordinary day when the meal consists of a bhaji, sambar, saar and dahi, rice is measured, 3/4s cup per head, and for children 1/2 cup. On a festival day when the menu has a sweet and kheer etc 1/2 a cup per person will in most times suffice.

Do not use left over rice for more than a day. Use the rice cooked in the night the next morning, dont keep till late in the day.

However careful we are in measuring rice, we do find at times we land up with a good quantity of leftover rice! Here are some recipes to use leftover rice....

Khichdi with leftover rice:
One can make Khichdi with the left over rice.

• Boil the Mung dal with the usual masala ie ginger, curry leaves, pepper, jeera, and haldhi powder.
• When the dal is boiled soft add salt ghee and the rice and mix well. Serve hot.

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Coconut Rice with leftover rice.

• For two cups of rice, use 1/2 cup coconut scrappings, 2/3 table spoona chana dal, 2 tblspspoons udad dal, 6 dry red chillies as per taste, oil and mustardseeds , curry leaves and hing.
• Fry the dals and chillies till the dals turn golden, cool and grind to a coarse powder and keep aside.
• In a kadai add about two tblsps of oil add the mustard when this splutters add the curry leaves then the coconut scrappings and fry till the coconut turns pink.
• Add the ground powder and rice and mix well. Serve with fried pappads.

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Pepper Rice
For two cups of cooked rice:- In a kadai pour in two table spoons oil. When this heats up add a teaspoon on udad dal, 1/2 tsp mustard, hing and curry leaves. When the udad dal is golden add 11/2 to 2 tsp of pepper powder[ adjust the pepper powder as per taste] , mix well and remove from fire put in the rice and salt mix well. garnish with dry coconut scrapings. If desired a few kajus can also be added.
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Instead of pepper powder one can use udad dal, which has been roasted golden and ground into a course rava. For two cups of rice 2 to 2 1/2 tblsps of dal will do.

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Make a instant pakodas, To one cup of rice or even less add 3/4 tblsps of basen a pinch of baking powder, onion or finely cut cabbage, curry leaves salt. mash the rice well then add the other incredents. Fry as for pakodas till golden serve hot with chutney or tom sauce.

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