13 Delicious Ways To Reuse Leftover Rice

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Worried about what to do with leftover rice? Now never throw away your leftover rice again with this super useful and delicious way to reuse leftover rice in cooking.

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Fried Rice: Easy to make and full of nutrients, use leftover rice in making fried rice with veggies, meat, or eggs, and flavoured with spices and herbs.

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Stir-fry Rice: A quick way to utilize your leftover rice is to just stir-fry it. Add onions, chilli, herbs, etc, to make it delicious.

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Soup: Add leftover rice to any of your favourite soups to prepare a nutritious satisfying dish.

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Rice Salad: Savour leftover rice in a unique way by mixing it with fresh veggies, masalas, herbs, etc. You can add more ingredients as per your choice to make it more delicious.

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Stuffing: You can also use your leftover rice in stuffing. For example- you can make stuffed bell peppers or cabbage rolls.

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Burrito: Give a yummilicious twist to the Mexican dish Burrito by stuffing it with rice mixed with cheese, tomatoes, onion, etc.

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Sweet Dessert: Prepare a scrumptious sweet dessert using leftover rice by adding milk, nuts, sugar, raisins, etc.

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Rice Risotto: Risotto is a creamy Italian food that is cooked in stock until it thickens. To prepare the dish just add some herbs, stock, and butter to your leftover rice and give it a stir, and you are good to go.

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Idli: Make use of leftover rice to make soft Idlis in no time and savour them with your favourite chutney.

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Rice Fritters: Use your leftover rice to make crispy Rice Fritters by using rice, all-purpose flour, onion, ginger, chillies, and herbs.

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Pakoras: Just mix leftover rice with gram flour and add onion, chilli, spices, and herbs to make a delicious pakoras for an evening snack. You can also add veggies to make it healthy.

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Rice Roti: Relish the goodness of rice by combining it with ginger, cumin, garlic, onion, chilli, and herbs and make delicious Rice Roti.

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Curd Rice: Mainly savoured in South India, this delicious gut-friendly dish is prepared with cooked rice, curd, and herbs and spices.