Name: Leftover Rice Kofta recipe by Vandana Gupta at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For kofta; 1 cup leftover rice; 2 tablespoon gram flour; 1/2 cup boil and mash potato; 1 finely chopped onion; 1/2 tspoon ginger garlic paste; 1 tspoon finely chopped green coriander; 1/2 tspoon turmeric powder; 1/2 tspoon red chilly powder; 1/4 tspoon garam masala powder; 1/2 tspoon salt or according to taste; oil for deep fry; For gravy; 2 medium size onion(roughly choped); 2 medium size tomatoes(roughly chopped); 1 tspoon ginger garlic paste; 1 tspoon turmeric powder; 1 tspoon red chilly powder; 1 tspoon coriander powder; 1/2 tspoon garam masala powder; 1 tspoon dried fenugreek leaves(kasoori methi); 2 bayleaf; 1 table spoon oil; Salt according to taste

ABOUT Leftover Rice Kofta RECIPE

Delicious kofte made of leftover cooked rice. This is my innovative dish. It can be served with chapatti or rice in main course.

Ingredients Serving: 4

For kofta
1 cup leftover rice
2 tablespoon gram flour
1/2 cup boil and mash potato
1 finely chopped onion
1/2 tspoon ginger garlic paste
1 tspoon finely chopped green coriander
1/2 tspoon turmeric powder
1/2 tspoon red chilly powder
1/4 tspoon garam masala powder
1/2 tspoon salt or according to taste
oil for deep fry
For gravy
2 medium size onion(roughly choped)
2 medium size tomatoes(roughly chopped)
1 tspoon ginger garlic paste
1 tspoon turmeric powder
1 tspoon red chilly powder
1 tspoon coriander powder
1/2 tspoon garam masala powder
1 tspoon dried fenugreek leaves(kasoori methi)
2 bayleaf
1 table spoon oil
Salt according to taste

Instructions

For preparing koftas
Take rice in a large mixing bowl and mash it.
Add all ingridients except oil and mix well.
Make a soft dough add some water ( if required)
Make a ball table tennis size
Deep fry in medium hot oil till golden.
For preparing gravy
In a mixer jar make onion tomato paste seperatly
Add oil in another pan and keep it on the flame
Once the oil become hot add bayleaf wait for 2 seconds then add onion paste and ginger garlic paste fry for 8-10 minutes.
Then add all dry spices powder and tomatoes paste .
Stir and continue to fry the masala paste till it starts leaving oil from the sides.
Add 2 cup water to the masala paste and stir and simmer from 10-12 minutes.
Lastly add the fried rice kofta balls.
Switch off the flame and garnish with green coriander leaves and serve with chapati ,rice or naan.

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