Upma tikki

 

A tasty recipe for afternoon snack recipe made with leftover Upma.

Ideal snack to have with afternoon tea .

Phodni Rice ( फोडणीचा भात )

Ingredients -  

2 cups....................left over rice
2...........................onion ( chopped)
2..........................green chillies ( slit in two)
1/2 tsp..................mustard seeds
1/2 tsp ..................cumin seeds
3-4 ...................... cloves
5/6 ......................pepper
2........................cardamom
2 .......................cinnamon
1/4 tsp..................hing ( asefoetida )
1/2 tsp................turmeric powder
1/4 tsp ...............chilly powder
1 tsp.................sugar
2 tbsp................oil
salt
1/2 lemon ...............(squeezed to juice ) (optional )
chopped coriander leaves ( for garnish) ( optional )

Method :

Heat oil and add mustard seeds.

After they splutter add hing, cloves , pepper , cardamom , cinnamon , slit chillies and chopped onions and saute till translucent.

Now add separated grains of left over rice.

Add turmeric powder, chilly powder , salt and sugar and mix well.

Cover with lid and cook for 5 minutes.

Add lemon juice and chopped corainader leaves and serve hot.

Rice Cutlets

We usually take care to make fresh food daily as per the requirements of our family. But still sometimes due to parties or occasions some extra food remains and you just keep on wondering how to use it in the best possible way.

Most of times it so happens with me that I can perfectly judge the quantity of all the other dishes to be prepared but always goof up with the amount of  rice and rotis which I make. Since we are rice eaters I feel that people will go for rice and since nowadays people tend to avoid rice for weight controlling reasons I feel they will go for chapatis. And finally I end up making both in excess.

 It is at such times that this cutlet dish comes to my help. I make it the following morning for breakfast and all the extra rice gets over without any murmurs or fussiness from the family .

These tasty cutlets can be made without any special ingredients and you can even add some veggies like minced carrots, french beans, cabbage if you want to. Off course you can use freshly cooked rice too for this purpose but the leftover rice gives better texture to these cutlets. So if you don't have any leftover rice , cook rice in advance and make the cutlets after 5 to 6 hours.

Linking this delicious entry to Vegan- Thursdays event started by  Priya  where we all post a totally vegan dish on every first and last thursday of the month.

Ingredients :

2 cups ...................leftover cooked rice
1 .........................onion ( finely chopped )
1 ........................boiled potato ( skinned and mashed)
2 .......................green chillies finely chopped
2 tbsp................finely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 tsp................sugar
1/2 tsp.................garam masala
1/2 tsp................amchoor ( dry mango powder)
oil for shallow frying
salt



Method :

Mix all the above items except oil and mash them very well.

Make lemon sized balls.

Take a non stick tawa and smear it with very little oil.

Press the balls with your palms into cutlet shapes.

Shallow fry them till golden and crispy on both the sides.

Serve with any chutney or ketchup of your choice.

Chocolate paneer pedha

I usually am very happy when my milk spoils. It gives me an opportunity to try various dishes with the spoiled milk. One traditional dish which I fondly remember having since my childhood is Chaimoi which is a simple but soft and tasty sweet  made from this spoiled milk.Will post the recipe sometimes in fututre.

Today I am posting the recipe which is just as yummy and simple.

Ingredients :

1 litre ...............spoiled milk ( you can purposely spoil it for this sweet)

4 tbsp...............milkmaid

3 to 4 tbsp ..............cocoa powder.( I used leftover chocolate custard)

Method :

Tie the spoiled milk in a muslin cloth and let the water drain completely.
Add 1 tbsp ghee in a pan and put the dried residue of spoiled milk  .

Stir it continuously for 5 to 10 minutes.

Then add cocoa powder or chocolate custard if you have and stir till it is uniformly mixed.

Then add the milkmaid and go on stirring till the mixture thickens and leaves the sides of the pan.

Let the mixture cool a bit.

Shape it into balls and press a little to make pedhas.
Make a depression in middle and fill with some white chocolate
 shavings .

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