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Clever Ways To Use Your Left Over Food

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Clever ways to use your Left Over Food

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Left over recipes for the Indian Kitchen

Are you creative with your leftovers for the Indian kitchen? It is quite a challenge to recycle them in a way that your family does not figure out that they were served the same thing for the previous meal, or two meals ago!

How often have you opened the fridge to find leftovers sitting there staring up at you! Yes, of course, you can simply eat the same thing for the next meal, but that's no fun, really, is it?

When it comes to food, we've all been encouraged not to waste. And in keeping with this, the kinds of ingenious leftover-makeovers that we come up with are something else!

Chapattis magically turn into Quick Churma Ladoos, Dahiwali Roti, upmas and frankies; vegetables are reborn as stuffed parathas and cutlets.

Leftover Bread gives us crumbs and croutons, Crouton Salad, French Toast. Every family has their own favourite leftover-makeover.

Rice is one part of the meal that often just sits there after everyone's left. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do more than tava pulao and jeera rice with it? Here are some interesting ways to perk up leftover rice - a total makeover! Try Rice Pakoda Kadhi and Carrot, Cucumber and Curd Rice.

Leftover Pasta can be used for Pasta Cheese Balls. Mix up the leftover pasta with cheese, herbs and a few other ingredients, coat it in batter and bread crumbs and deep-fry to make a crunchy snack with a soft interior, that will bowl you over with its fantastic texture and memorable flavour.

Watch your leftover idlis transform into a scrumptious delight as you toss them with crunchy onions, tangy tomatoes and peppy spice powders. The master stroke in this Spicy Tava Idli recipe is the use of pav bhaji masala

What a fun way to make use of leftover uttapas! The Uttapam Pizza is so tasty that your kids will want you to make this every time you make dosa batter. From onions and capsicum, to pizza sauce and cheese, the Uttapam Pizza has all the basic ingredients that go into your favourite pizza.

Use your leftover food wisely as you really want to minimise wastage in the kitchen and keep your home more eco firnedly.