Thursday, May 5, 2011

Simple Leftover Rice Pulao Recipe


This is the best way to use leftover rice..Easy and delicious..You can make this even if you don't have any veggies on hand.Makes a great lunchbox dish too.



Ingredients:-

Leftover rice:- 1 1/2 cups-2 cups
Onion:- 1/2 Chopped
Tomato:- 1 chopped
Potato:- 1 finely sliced
Cumin seeds:- 1/2 Tsp
Mustard Seeds:- 1/2 Tsp
Oil:- 2 Tbsp
Salt
Red Chilli Powder:- 1/2 Tsp
Garam Masala Powder:- 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric:- 1/2 Tsp

Procedure:-

1) Heat oil in a pan, when hot add cumin and mustard seeds.When they start to crackle add potato, fry until lightly brown.

2) Add onion and fry for 1 minute, add tomato and all the spices, mix everything well. cook for 2 minutes.

3)Add the left over rice to the above tadka and mix everything well..

Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with raita...Enjoy:)

32 comments:

  1. rice looks so tasty..pics looks great !

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  2. I too sometimes make pulao like this with left over rice..looks very inviting.

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  3. this looks absolutely delicious, what an amazing click!!

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  4. hardly looks like leftover rice - So fluffy and beautiful! LOVE it!

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  5. Nice one to make use of left over rice :)

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  6. Wow yummy rice pulav looks awesome.

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  7. awesome pulav is inviting and rice are looing very big in size good clicks

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  8. Looks delicious..great idea to use the left over rice.!!

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  9. Simply inviting, wonderful pulao..

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  10. Leftover rice pulao looks tempting delicious.

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  11. this looks so inviting and yummy pulav...awesome picture!!!

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  12. Hmm, and that color is so gorgeous! It sounds delicious...great way to use leftovers :)

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  13. That is quite a delicious way to use left over rice:)

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  14. wow that's a yummy and wonderful idea! this is going to make frequent appearances on my table :) Thanks for the idea :)

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  15. looks so yummy..nice recipe dear.

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  16. Wonderful idea of making use of left over rice
    South Indian Home

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  17. Very yummy way to use leftover rice...

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  18. Pulao looks yummy .. first time here .. u have interesting recipes .. following you .. Drop by my space when you get a chance.


    Vardhini
    VardhinisKitchen

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  19. great idea Preethy.. looks so delicious :)

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  20. This really a wonderful and colorful dish:)

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  21. Mouthwatering pulao...This is so delicious and awesome...

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  22. best way of utilising the leftover rice.missed ur previous post.such a wonderful combo

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  23. such a simple thing to do and best way not to to get rice wasted! and thanks for stopping by my blog and looking fwd to see ur recipe!

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  24. If this is how left overs look I can live on left overs alone.Good recipe.

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  25. Wonderful pulav...sounds delish.

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  26. this looks so gud n yum ...nice pic

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  27. Oh wow, that bowl of rice looks utterly irresistible. Wish I could taste it now, ah!

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  28. Hi, I just tried the same it came out well, all my friends like it so much. one thing i did along with the recipe is added mushrooms...

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