Leftover food is a very common phenomenon at almost every household. Every day, some amount of dal, sabzi or rice is left untouched after lunch or dinner; much relatable?! What do we do with that excess food? While throwing away food is not an option on the list, many of us reuse it for the next meal. But let's agree, having the same food in two meals back-to-back can be monotonous and mundane. This is why we love to give those leftover foods a makeover and make them fun and interesting for consumption. And lockdown 2020 has taught us multiple ways to reuse our leftover dal, roti and rice. In fact, making something unique with leftover food has become the latest trend in the world of gastronomy.
Keeping up with the trend, celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor has recently shared a popular recipe that he prepared with leftover rice. He took to Instagram to share a recipe video of popular Gujarati dish - muthia. For the unversed, muthia is a sack item that is traditionally made with besan, methi, salt, haldi et al. It is both steamed and fried, as per your choice. Here, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor gave the dish a unique makeover and named it leftover rice muthia. Let's find out how he prepared the dish.
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Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's Leftover Rice Muthia Recipe: How To Make Leftover Rice Muthia:
First, take two cups of leftover rice. Then add half cup besan, ginger-chilli paste, coriander powder, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, sugar and yogurt and mix everything together. Add a pinch of baking soda and oil and mix everything once again. Add atta and knead soft dough.
Now, take small portions of the dough and roll them into cylinders. Steam the muthias. Allow them to cool and then cut into bite-sized pieces.
Prepare a tadka of mustard seeds, cumin seeds, til, hing, curry leaves and green chillies. Add the muthias to it and saute. And your delicious leftover rice muthias are ready to be relished.
Find the detailed recipe video here:
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Try Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's unique leftover rice muthia today and let us know how you liked it.
About Somdatta SahaExplorer- this is what Somdatta likes to call herself. Be it in terms of food, people or places, all she craves for is to know the unknown. A simple aglio olio pasta or daal-chawal and a good movie can make her day.