Leftover rice Manchurian

A yummy dish by using leftover rice

We always have some leftover rice in our kitchen & we always wonder how to use it effectively.Generaly we prepare any kind of fried rice from leftover rice. Today I am going to share a yummy indo-chinese recipe by using leftover rice & some vegetables .

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking Time: 20 min

Total time: 35~ 40 min

Ingredients

for manchurian balls

• leftover cooked rice - 1~1.5 cup

• Grated cabbage - 1 cup

• Grated carrot - 1.2 cup

• Corn flour - 1 tbsp

• Ginger garlic grated - 1 tsp

• Soya sauce - 1/4 ~1/2 tsp

• Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

• Salt to taste

• Oil for cooking

For gravy

• Finely choped onion - 1 small

• Capsicum - 1 small piece (aprox 3 tbsp)

• Finely choped garlic - 1/2 tbsp

• Finely choped ginger - 1 tsp

• Choped green chilli - 2

• Spring onion green - 2 tbsp

• Tomato sauce - 1~1.5 tbsp

• Red chilli sauce - 1 tsp

• Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp

• Vinegar - 1 tsp

• Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

• Salt to taste

Procedure

Step 1

Chop all vegetables keep it ready .

Step 2

With the help of a blender grind the rice without adding any water. Can also mash it by using your hand.

Step 3

Now add cabbage,carrot,corn flour, soya sauce , red chilli powder, ginger garlic paste/grated & salt.

Make sure to squeeze cabbage & carrot before adding & keep the water aside .

Add everything & mix it well .

Step 4

Heat some oil in a pan/kadai on medium flame .

Make small balls & fry on medium flame till golden brown .

Step 5

Now remove all excess oil & keep only 1 tbsp of oil .

Step 6

Add choped ginger & garlic .Saute for few second on medium flame. Do not brown it

Add choped onion & green chilli .Saute it till onion become translusent .

Now add choped capsicum & spring onion . Saute it .

Step 7

Add all sauce & vinegar .mix well

Add 1/4 tsp of corn flour to the cabbage water & make a slurry

Add to the sauce mixture & mix well. You can adjust the amount of gravy as per your choice .

Drop the fried balls to the gravy & mix well and cook for 1 more minute .

Finally add 1/4 ~1/2 tsp black pepper powder & mix well .Taste and add salt if required . Because all sauce contains salt already .

Garnish some spring onion green & white sesame seed & serve hot .

Enjoy !

Nutritional Information per 100 gm :

Energy : 155 calories

Protein : 1.6 gm

Fat : 12.1 gm

Carbohydrates : 10.0 gm

Fibre :1.6 gm

If you like the recipe, please share with family & friends .