Rice Koftas 5/5 (1)

Now time for my Kitchen Secrets ..😉😍

I know how exhausting it must be, handling the leftover rice. No one in your family will volunteer to consume the leftover rice. Undoubtedly, we become the scapegoat, left with no choice other than consuming it. 

Here with my magic wand, I transform leftover Jeera Rice into a dish where you’ll not be left with a bite to taste…intrigued? Let’s jump into the recipe. 

I simply mashed the rice, dipped in flour paste and dusted with bread crumbs, fried in oil. Instant Rice Koftas are ready. Super easy evening snack for your kids, healthy as well. Recycled food remains as a secret unless revealed.

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I had 2 cups of leftover Jeera Rice.

I pulsed the rice in the blender with a pinch of salt (I ignored adding any spices as jeera rice had pepper, jeera, ginger, garlic, and green chilli). Make sure you remove whole spices in it.

Prepare a paste with a tbsp of all-purpose flour(maida), a tbsp of corn flour, pinch of salt, and 2 ½ tbsp of water. Keep ¼ cup bread crumbs, pulsated leftover jeera rice and little oil on a working table.

Grease your hands with oil, make small marble-sized balls from the mashed rice.

Roll it and dip it in the flour paste. Strain excess flour.

And immediately coat with bread crumbs.

Arrange the balls in a plate and refrigerate for 30 minutes minimum.

Then deep fry it.

Drain the excess oil with kitchen tissue. Alternatively, you can use air fryer to avoid deep frying. Crispy bites of Rice koftas are ready to serve with green chutney, garlic chutney, or any other dip of your choice.

Recipe Card

Prep time: 3 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Kitchen Secrets

Serves: 4

Author: Manimala

Ingredients:

Leftover Jeera RIce – 2 cups

Salt – as required

For Paste:

All-purpose flour – 1 tbsp

Corn flour – 1 tbsp

Salt – a pinch

Water – 2 ½ tbsp

For Coating:

Bread crumbs – ¼ cup

Oil – to fry

Instructions:

1. I had 2 cups of leftover Jeera Rice . I pulsed the rice in the blender with a pinch of salt (I ignored adding any spices as jeera rice had pepper, jeera, ginger, garlic, and green chilli). Make sure you remove whole spices in it.
2. Prepare a paste with a tbsp of all-purpose flour(maida), a tbsp of corn flour, pinch of salt, and 2 ½ tbsp of water.
3. Take ¼ cup bread crumbs on a plate, keep aside.
4. Grease your hands with oil, make small marble-sized balls from the mashed rice.
5.  Roll it and dip it in the flour paste.
6. Strain excess flour and immediately coat with bread crumbs.
7.  Arrange the balls in a plate and refrigerate for 30 minutes minimum.
8. Then deep fry it. Drain the excess oil with kitchen tissue. Alternatively, you can use air fryer to avoid deep frying.
9.  Crispy bites of Rice koftas are ready to serve with green chutney, garlic chutney, or any other dip of your choice.  

These Rice koftas can be made with any other leftover rice, provided its spiced. If its steamed rice, add some spices while churning in the blender. Another tip, if your rice has turned mushy due to miscalculation of water or the rice quality, you can still make these rice koftas… 😉😋😋