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Leftover rice pakora, Cooked Rice Pakora

August 29, 2017 by Suguna Vinodh 7 Comments

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Recipe for easy and quick pakora made with leftover rice. A quick and easy evening snack that can be prepared in minutes. Recipe with step by step pictures.

This is a perfect recipe to put together for a snack when you have surprise visitors at home. The main ingredient for this recipe is cooked rice. Cooked rice is mixed with veggies and spices and is deep fried. The rice pakoras come out very crispy and is a perfect way to make use of that little leftover rice. Here is how to do leftover rice pakora.

Take a bowl and add in two cups of cooked rice. Mash well with hands.
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Add in finely chopped onions, coriander leaves, chopped green chillies, salt, asafoetida and cumin seeds. Add in a little besan (chickpea flour) for binding the batter. Mix well to combine.
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Heat oil in a kadai until hot. Gently drop little pieces of the batter in oil.
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The batter will form a lot of bubbles at first. The bubbles will subside after a couple of minutes. Fry till the pakoras are golden.
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Serve hot with tea.

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Leftover rice pakora


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  • Author: Kannamma - Suguna Vinodh
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins
  • Yield: 3 servings 1x
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Recipe for easy and quick pakora made with leftover rice. A quick and easy evening snack that can be prepared in minutes. Recipe with step by step pictures.


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Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 1/4 cup besan (chickpea flour)
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 3 sprigs coriander leaves, finely chopped
  • 2 green chillies, finely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • pinch of asafoetida
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds

Instructions

  1. Take a bowl and add in two cups of cooked rice. Mash well with hands.
  2. Add in finely chopped onions, coriander leaves, chopped green chillies, salt, asafoetida and cumin seeds. Add in besan (chickpea flour) for binding the batter. Mix well to combine.
  3. Heat oil in a kadai until hot. Gently drop little pieces of the batter in oil.
  4. The batter will form a lot of bubbles at first. The bubbles will subside after a couple of minutes. Fry till the pakoras are golden.
  5. Serve with tea.
  • Category: Appetizer, snack
  • Cuisine: Indian

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Comments

  1. Mandira says

    March 26, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    Nice. I would love to add some boiled potatoes to the batter , cheese as stuffing .

    Reply
  2. Dhiraj Anand says

    February 2, 2019 at 11:20 pm

    Tried it and really enjoyed. Thanks Kannamma! Keep rocking 👍

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  3. Steffi says

    October 8, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    Thank u for this simple snacks… really crispy and tasty, everyone loved itttt…….

    Reply
  4. Kalpanaa Lakshmi Srikumar says

    September 23, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    Tried ur recipe.. came out very well.. now if i ve left over rice.. i ll do n serve hot.. everyone loved the dish at home.. i love ur recipes.. perfect taste..

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  5. Priti says

    August 19, 2018 at 12:55 am

    Tried today and both me and husband loved it. Thanks 🙂

    ★★★★

    Reply
  6. Banumathy says

    May 8, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    Thank you for the receipe, I have tried the snacks and came out well:-)
    Though simple receipe, tastes great…and yummy

    ★★★★★

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    • Suguna Vinodh says

      May 10, 2018 at 12:37 am

      Thank you!

      Reply

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