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Do not waste foods. Tips to reuse.

Discussion in 'Spotless Kitchen' started by srilavanya, Feb 1, 2008.

  1. DudeWithAttitude

    DudeWithAttitude New IL'ite

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    hey hasita I am not sure if you got my point clearly I was sarcastic about the leftovers they serve in the restaurants so we better get used to eating that kind of stuff :biggrin2:
     
  2. krishnaamma

    krishnaamma Moderator Staff Member IL Hall of Fame

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    Hi Srilavanya,

    Very nice thread. Here I saw many ideas. I just want to tell something here. I started one thread for 'left over food' please you ladies go through it. You will get more and more ideas. From here I got some more ideas. Thank you for that.
    Just click the link to go to that thread.

    [​IMG] New dishes using LEFT OVERS ([​IMG] 1 2 3 ... Last Page)
    krishnaamma
     
  3. poonamjoshi9266

    poonamjoshi9266 New IL'ite

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    Hi All,

    With leftover rice i make chinese fried rice, biryani and mix veg pulav (i always keep Everest shahi biryani masala for this purpose only) or else u can make rasia muthia also with leftover rice.

    with leftover chanadal - You can mix the leftover chanadal with wheat flour and make paratha.
     
  4. hasita

    hasita Bronze IL'ite

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    oh ok!, dude..
    bonk silly of me to not get the point..
    anyways, you're absolutely right about the food served at restaurants, we are never sure how "old" it might be.

    Poonam, the chana daal tip sounds good.
     
  5. iyerviji

    iyerviji IL Hall of Fame

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    If u have left over idlis cut them into four pieces each add chilli powder or milagapodi powder and fry it in oil till it becomes crisp. This is very tasty and looks like potato fried
     
  6. santasekar

    santasekar Senior IL'ite

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    Hi Friends

    I use my left over" porial" as a stuffing for chapathi ......

    just add little garamasala to it n keep it in between 2 chapathis n put them on a tawa ,cook n eat :hiya...........tasty it will be .........

    With idly .......idly uppma ........

    Regards
    Santasekar
     
  7. ketal

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    Hi all Lady left over rotli(chapati)
    Pl Prepare this dish
    Instan Dhokli
    LEFT OVER ROTLI (DRY) DHOKLI (Instant Dhokli)

    Ingredients

    Left over Rotli(Chapati)8/10
    Salt to taste
    Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
    Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
    Asafetida 2 pinches
    Garlic 3 kadi
    Oil 1 tablespoon
    Mustard seeds ½ teaspoon
    Cumin seeds ¾ teaspoon
    Whole dry red chilies, broken 2
    Curry leaves 2-3
    Fresh coriander leaves , chopped 2 tablespoons

    Method


    Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, broken dry red chillies, curry leaves and remaining asafoetida .add to 1 Glass water

    hit the water pl add to chpatti pieces (Cut into thin strips)

    Let it simmer for Two minutes.
    Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

    ketal
     
  8. ketal

    ketal Bronze IL'ite

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    LEFT OVER ROTLI (Chewda)
    Left Over Chapati8/10
    Oil for fry
    Salt to test
    Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
    Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
    Asafetida 2 pinches
    Nimbu powder ½ tea spoon
    Sugar 1 teaspoon
    Khuskhus 1 tablespoon
    Raisins
    Dalia (Bengal gram) Peanut
    Fennel (variyali)
    Kaju
    Curry leaves 8-10



    Pl cut to left over chapatti in diamond shape and fry for oil
    Pl fry to peanuts, dalia, kaju, curry leaves , Raisins
    After all adds to all ingredients.
    Ready for chevda

    :coffeeKetal
     
  9. janaki70

    janaki70 New IL'ite

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    Hi,
    We never waste a bit of food items. Old food (pazhaya sadam) is best for our health.
     
  10. Meeta

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    Hi Dear ILites,
    I have one concern about using left overs.......you all are adding more oil/fat to make a new dish out of the left overs......why not to microwave the left-over and have that in its own form......
    For ladies who cook a three course menu three times a day instead of cooking in bulk for 2-3 days.....we are taking much more fat and oil than required.......and you will also have a tendency to eat more so that u don't have any left overs......when cooked food is stored properly, they will be good in refrigerator/freezer for at least 3-4 days.....
    So, I usually cook for 2-3 days and put it in different storage containers and each day just thaw one container and finish it off.......
    Just my two cents.....
    regards.
     

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