6 Creative Ways to Use Leftover Rice Instead of Wasting

A lot of time due to miscalculation reasons rice got left over in the fridge. And sadly it gets wasted without proper means of using it. But after reading this article, you are not going to toss the leftover rice instead, you will learn a few time saving hacks to reuse leftover rice in a proper way. So this article brings you six creative ways to save rice.

Who does not like Pakoras? We enjoy eating Pakoras made up from brinjal, onion, Shimla Mirch and even from potatoes. But if you have leftover rice in your fridge, it is time for you to make rice pakoras by mixing the leftover rice with besan, spices, onions and you can add raw chilli or chilli powder according to your preferences. Once you take the rice pakoras out of the oil after frying you will get a perfect tea time snack for your next snack time.


For this item, you have to add veggies of your choice, curd and spices to the mashed rice. Once you are done with the mashing process then cook it like pancakes on a tawa. and once again, here it is ready for you a quick breakfast. There is always ways to prevent a thing from getting wasted.


Though about this specific dise you might already be aware of, because it is a traditionally popular dise among Indians. To make fried rice from leftover rice of dinner, you just have to put the rice in frying pan add your preferred oil and start frying mixing with garlic, soy sauce and veggies. Once the fried rice is prepared, it might be a good dish for your office lunchboxes.


To make idlis with leftover rice, you have to mix the leftover rice with curd and semolina. The next step is to wait, let it ferment. Once it has fermented now it is time to steam like a regular idlis. So following these steps you can make healthy idlis with just rice left over in your fridge. An amazing way to make the leftover food reusable.

Making cutlets through rice is very simple, you just need to combine leftover rice with mashed spices, potatoes and breadcrumbs. Give them shapes like cutlets and start frying them in a pan until they turn golden in colour. And here it is, from spare rice to golden rice cutlets.

Kheer is an item among the popular dishes of India. But here thing is different now, we are going to prepare a kheer dish from the night's spare rice. What you need to do is just add milk, sugar and cardamom to leftover rice. Put it in the oven and let it simmer on low heat. You can also add dry fruits according to your choice for extra richness.

Don't forget that rice is a blessing; we should not disrespect it in disguise. Behind every gain of rice there is a labour, hope, joy and a story. We humans always have the capacity to find an alternative instead of wasting. So above ideas are there to save waste and to boost your taste as well. Let us know in the comments section which one you are going to try first.