Delicious Recipes That Can Be Made Using Leftover Rice

It is safe to say rice is consumed daily in most Indian households. It is one of the most popular and staple foods in India. It is widely consumed with a gravy or curry and in the form of Biryani. Often, when rice are made at home, you have some leftover rice left that you wouldn’t want to consume again during the next meal. At such times, you can always creatively transform those boring leftover plain rice to something spicy, flavoursome and delicious. Not only this saves you from wasting food, but the recipes are also quick because the main ingredient (rice) is already ready. By adding some Khada Masala to your plain rice, you can make a beautiful version of your own Masala Bhaat. Add some veggies, and you have pulao ready. The recipes aren’t complicated and give you scope to experiment something of your own. You can always add the flavours you like. Your kitchen is your playground and you can pick any spices or masalas.

Lemon Rice is a very popular South-indian delicacy which can be made with leftover rice. It has a very zesty lemon-y flavour to treat your taste buds. With crackled mustard seeds and jeera, along with groundnuts and urad dal, lemon rice has a lot more than lemon that you can look forward to. You can try this at home the next time you’ve some leftover rice.

A very homey version of this is using masalas you like. Example, since Pav Bhaji pulao is already a thing in Bombay, you can make Pav Bhaji pulao with leftover rice and pav bhaji masala. It is a street-side favourite which you can make in a very healthy way. Similarly adding paneer butter masala along with other spices, will give your leftover rice an interesting spin.

A very low effort alternative is curd rice. It is a dish loved by anyone and everyone and doesn’t rely on spices, so can be consumed by little kids and senior members in the family too. For the ones who like the tadka can add some later on the top. It tastes equally good and requires minimum effort.

If you’re in the mood for something fancy, you can always cook garlic fried rice. You can add the twist of egg or pan-fried vegetables to this oriental dish that will satisfy your hunger pangs. Using finely chopped garlic and the goodness of egg, you can make a restaurant like dish at home. You can also use chicken if available and add chicken masala. Once you’re done with it, you won’t even realise that this dish was made at home with leftovers. You can also try leftover rice dosa if you’re a dosa person.

To conclude, rice is a very versatile ingredient that can be used for making various other delicacies and there is no such thing as leftovers or wastage. An efficient kitchen-operator would know how to use the resources in an optimum way to avoid wastage.