Leftover Rice Cutlets Recipe
Leftover Rice Cutlets are a quick and easy snack made with leftover rice, spices, and herbs. The rice is mashed, mixed with spices and herbs, shaped into patties and shallow fried until crispy and golden brown. They can be served hot with a chutney of your choice, or as an evening snack with a cup of tea. These cutlets are versatile, easy to make and are a great way to use up leftovers and reduce food waste.
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice cooked
- 1-2 potatoes boiled & mashed
- oil for frying
- 4 tbsp Besan / Gram flour
- 1 Onions finely chopped
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- ½ cup green capsicum / bell peppers finely chopped
- ½ cup French beans finely chopped
- ¼ cup coriander leaves / cilantro finely chopped
- 1 tbsp salt
- ¼ tsp Red Chilli Powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
Instructions
Preparations
- Assemble all ingredients together to avoid last minute rush.
- Wash & finely chop onion, beans, capsicum, green chilli and coriander leaves.
Cooking
- For Making Rice Cutlet, mix everything except oil in a Mixing Bowl.
- You can check the spices and salt and adjust as per your taste preference.
- While mixing, cooked rice will also get mashed with the other ingredients.
- Shape the mixture into medium sized cutlets or tikkis.
- In a Frying Pan or Skillet, heat 2 tbsp oil on a low to medium heat.
- Place the rice cutlets on the Frying Pan.
- Start shallow frying them from one side and flip one side turned light brown.
- Flip again and fry till they turn crisp and golden. You will have to flip them a couple of times for even cooking.
- When nicely crisp and golden, remove them and place them on kitchen paper towel so that any extra oil is absorbed if any.
- Serve hot Rice Cutlets / Tikkis with coriander chutney or any other sauce of your choice.
Equipment Used for This Recipe
Notes & Tips
- Spices: Spices and salt can be adjusted as per your taste.
- Oil: You can use any neutral tasting oil. Some options are sunflower oil, canola oil or olive oil.
- Airfryer: You can cook these Cutlets in Air Fryer also, by keeping close watch in between the timer. Air fryer will take about 10-12 minutes at 180°C to cook these Rice Cutlets.
- Vegetables: You can choose vegetables of your choice. You can add finely chopped carrot, boiled potato or peas as well.
- Ingredients & Equipments: Find these Ingredients & Equipments at Indian specialty food stores / Grocery Stores or Online Stores. For review of some stores, please refer to the Grocery Review Section on our Website.
Nutrition Information (Note: Approximate)
Nutrition Facts
Leftover Rice Cutlets Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
75
% Daily Value*
Fat
4
g
6
%
Sodium
251
mg
11
%
Potassium
79
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
8
g
3
%
Protein
1
g
2
%
Vitamin A
20
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
8
mg
10
%
Calcium
8
mg
1
%
Iron
0.5
mg
3
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.