Leftover Food Recipes: Often food is left over in the houses. Especially food cooked at night, like dal or rotis, are left over. In such a situation, a problem arises who will eat the leftover food in the morning? Everyone wants fresh and hot food. Children are the first to make faces on hearing the name of leftover food. Food is forced to be wasted and has to be thrown away.

In the winter season, food does not even get spoiled. In such a situation, if the dal of the night is left over, do not waste it in the morning, rather make some such dish that enhances the taste. You can make such a recipe from the leftover dal, which will not only be healthy and tasty, but also no one will know that it has been prepared from the leftover food of the night. From children to adults, everyone will eat it with great taste. In this article, know what and how you can make from the leftover dal of the night.

Dal Pancakes

Ingredients- Leftover dal, gram flour, finely chopped vegetables (onion, capsicum, and spinach), chopped green chilies, chopped coriander leaves, cumin powder, turmeric, red chili powder, salt to taste, oil or ghee.

Method

Mix gram flour in the leftover dal. Make sure the batter is not too thick or too thin. Add chopped vegetables, green chilies, coriander leaves and spices to it.

Heat a non-stick pan on medium flame. Apply some oil or ghee on the surface.

When the pan is hot, pour a spoonful of batter into the pan and spread it gently.

Cook the pancake on low flame till it becomes golden brown and crispy.

When the bottom side is cooked, flip using a spatula and cook till the other side becomes golden.

Dal Tikki

Ingredients

Leftover dal, gram flour, boiled potatoes, finely chopped onion, ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chilies, turmeric powder, salt to taste, and oil.

Method

Mash boiled potatoes in leftover dal. Add one spoon of gram flour, chopped onion, and garlic-ginger paste to it.

Mix cumin powder, salt, red chili powder, and turmeric powder and prepare the batter well.

Make round tikkis of this mixture press them with hands and cool them.

Apply oil in the pan and fry the tikki. Keep in mind that the tikki should be fried till it turns golden on both sides.

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