Jan 11, 2013

Left Over Rice Veggie Cakes

It's been a while that i have blogged in.. I had so much of rice left over i decided to make this snack.
  • 2 cups - Left over rice
  • 2 - Medium sized potatoes grated
  • 1 - Medium carrot grated
  • 20 gms - Cabbage
  • 1 - Green chilly
  • 1tbs - Ginger Garlic paste
  • 20 gms - Boiled green peas
  • Strands of Green coriander as per your taste
  • 1/2 tbs - Dark soya sauce
  • 1/2 tbs - Lime juice
  • 1/2 tbs - Turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tbs - Coriander powder
  • 1/2 tbs - Chat masala powder
  • 1/2 tbs - Garam masala powder
  • 1 tbs - Salt
  • 1 tbs - Kasoori Methi/Dry fenugreek leaves/Dry venthaya elaigal
  • 1/2 tbs - Sugar
  • 200 gms - Cornflour powder
  • 100gms - Besan/Kadala mav/Channa dal powder
  • 50 gms - Dry rice powder/Chawal ka atta/Arici mav
  • 100 ml - Water
  • Oil to shallow fry

Method/Vidhiee:
1.Wash and grate potatoes,carrots and cabbage in a big bowl.
2. To it add chopped green chillies and green coriander.
3. Add in the ginger garlic paste, lime juice, soya sauce and mix well.
4. Now add in all dry masalas and mix well.
5. Crumble the white rice over the vegetable mixture and mix well.
6. Add salt and mix tightly the rice mixture.
7. To it add besan and rice powder.
8. If required sprinkle some water to it.
9. Mix and knead tightly.
10. In a shallow fry pan add oil  and heat them well.
11. Meanwhile, in a small cup add cornflour and make a batter of it.
12. Make medium sized balls of the rice mixture and flatten them.
13. Dip the flattened cakes on to the cornflour and slowly drop it on to the oil.
14. Fry them in medium heat.

15. When one side turns golden Brown turn other side to do the same.
16. Once they are done transfer on to the tissue paper.
Serve hot with tomato sauce or green chutney

TIP:You can use even semolina/bread crumbs/cornflakes after coating on the cornflour. This would make them more crisp.