Recycling Food

Sweet Aapam can be prepared from leftover rice. Soak overnight udad dal about 1/3rd measure of the leftover rice, in water. Next day, grind the udad dal into a very thick paste. Also, grind the rice into a very thick paste and mix the 2 together. Grate one cup of ...

Leftover rice can be made into payasam. Roast all the leftover rice in ghee and place it aside. In a preheated kadhai, pour some ghee with a fistful of cashew nuts, a fistful of dried grapes and a fistful of charoli. Roast well and keep this also aside. Roast grated ...

Leftover rice can be refurbished with chutney powder. Dry roast grated coconut as much as the leftover rice and keep it aside. Dry roast 1/3rd part of chana dalia and place it aside. Pour ¼ teaspoon cooking oil into a heated kadhai and stir fry as many red chiilis as ...

Leftover rice can be made into coconut + sesame rice. Take grated coconut as much as there is leftover rice. Also take the same amount of finely chopped onion. Take 1/3 cup of white sesame. Dry roast the white sesame in a preheated kadhai and place it aside. Deseed enough ...

Leftover rice can be made into methi (fenugreek) rice, which is very good for diabetics and healthy for others. Finely chop 1 bunch fenugreek leaves and mix with the leftover rice. Boil water in cooker. Place this mixture in a suitable vessel inside the cooker and steam it for 3 ...

Leftover rice can be made into salted spheres. Dry grind leftover rice and add grated coconut as much as the leftover rice. Add as much salt as required. Add a finely chopped bunch of coriander leaves, 4 sprigs curry leaves and 4 springs mint. Place this aside. Dry roast and ...

Leftover rice can be made into sambhar rice. Pressure cook a mixture of 2 fistfuls of tuar dal, 1 ½ fistfuls of moong dal and 1 fistful of chana dal till tender and place it aside. Wet grind a mixture of a small cup grated coconut, 3 deseeded green chillis ...

Leftover rice can be made into South Indian venpondal or khichdi. Measure the leftover rice. Dry roast ½ the measure of moong dal. Take masoor dal in measure of 2/3rd of moong dal. Add masoor dal to the moong dal with a little water and cook in a pressure cooker. ...

When rice is leftover at night, we will know how much of it remains. Take milk as much as the curd is required for the rice. Heat milk and bring it back to room temperature. Do it 2-3 times. Take milk powder, which is ¼ part of the milk we ...

Leftover rice can be used to prepare rice and dal adai. Soak 1 part leftover rice separately and 2 parts tuar dal, 1 part chana dal, 1 part moong dal and 1 part peanuts separately in warm water for 2-3 hours till tender. Wet grind both separately and mix to ...