Do not waste foods. Tips to reuse.

Originally Posted by hasita

hi DudeWAtt..,
Depends on the qty of leftovers.. it sometimes becomes my lunch as well :), even though I do not eat out at restaurants so often.

hey hasita I am not sure if you got my point clearly I was sarcastic about the leftovers they serve in the restaurants so we better get used to eating that kind of stuff

Hi Srilavanya,

Very nice thread. Here I saw many ideas. I just want to tell something here. I started one thread for 'left over food' please you ladies go through it. You will get more and more ideas. From here I got some more ideas. Thank you for that.
Just click the link to go to that thread.

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krishnaamma

Hi All,

With leftover rice i make chinese fried rice, biryani and mix veg pulav (i always keep Everest shahi biryani masala for this purpose only) or else u can make rasia muthia also with leftover rice.

with leftover chanadal - You can mix the leftover chanadal with wheat flour and make paratha.

oh ok!, dude..
silly of me to not get the point..
anyways, you're absolutely right about the food served at restaurants, we are never sure how "old" it might be.

Poonam, the chana daal tip sounds good.

If u have left over idlis cut them into four pieces each add chilli powder or milagapodi powder and fry it in oil till it becomes crisp. This is very tasty and looks like potato fried

Hi Friends

I use my left over" porial" as a stuffing for chapathi ......

just add little garamasala to it n keep it in between 2 chapathis n put them on a tawa ,cook n eat ...........tasty it will be .........

With idly .......idly uppma ........

Regards
Santasekar

Hi all Lady left over rotli(chapati)
Pl Prepare this dish
Instan Dhokli
LEFT OVER ROTLI (DRY) DHOKLI (Instant Dhokli)

Ingredients

Left over Rotli(Chapati)8/10
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
Asafetida 2 pinches
Garlic 3 kadi
Oil 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds ½ teaspoon
Cumin seeds ¾ teaspoon
Whole dry red chilies, broken 2
Curry leaves 2-3
Fresh coriander leaves , chopped 2 tablespoons

Method


Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, broken dry red chillies, curry leaves and remaining asafoetida .add to 1 Glass water

hit the water pl add to chpatti pieces (Cut into thin strips)

Let it simmer for Two minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

ketal

LEFT OVER ROTLI (Chewda)
Left Over Chapati8/10
Oil for fry
Salt to test
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
Asafetida 2 pinches
Nimbu powder ½ tea spoon
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Khuskhus 1 tablespoon
Raisins
Dalia (Bengal gram) Peanut
Fennel (variyali)
Kaju
Curry leaves 8-10



Pl cut to left over chapatti in diamond shape and fry for oil
Pl fry to peanuts, dalia, kaju, curry leaves , Raisins
After all adds to all ingredients.
Ready for chevda

Ketal

Hi,
We never waste a bit of food items. Old food (pazhaya sadam) is best for our health.

Hi Dear ILites,
I have one concern about using left overs.......you all are adding more oil/fat to make a new dish out of the left overs......why not to microwave the left-over and have that in its own form......
For ladies who cook a three course menu three times a day instead of cooking in bulk for 2-3 days.....we are taking much more fat and oil than required.......and you will also have a tendency to eat more so that u don't have any left overs......when cooked food is stored properly, they will be good in refrigerator/freezer for at least 3-4 days.....
So, I usually cook for 2-3 days and put it in different storage containers and each day just thaw one container and finish it off.......
Just my two cents.....
regards.