Cooking with Leftovers - Part I

I got up one morning to find two to three left over sabzis in my fridge. They were all in quantities too less for two people to have it in a meal. I looked at them woefully, wondering what to do with them.  Will I have to simply throw them away? I felt guilt ridden at the thought already. Just then I had this brainwave …

Sharing with you all, how to turn some leftovers into some great tasting simple dishes.

Pav Bhaji  - the easiest is to make a pav bhaji of the left over stuff. Pav Bhaji is after all a mix of different vegetables. I had left over lauki sabzi and cauliflower kofta to start with.  I fried some chopped tomatoes and onions, added the left over vegetables and mashed everything together. Added some pav bhaji masala, salt, chopped green chillies and stir fried for a few minutes. Squeezed some lemon juice, garnished with coriander with some lovely melting butter on top and that’s about it! I quickly grilled some pavs on the tawa and ate away with my bhaji!

Sandwiches – again fairly easy. All you need to do is mix up the vegetables to make a paste. Layer the breads with sauce you think will go well, put the paste and grill in a toaster. This one time I had baigan bharta leftover from previous night’s dinner. I just warmed it up, added some pepper, layered the bread with thousand island sauce, put the bharta in between two breads. Also, grated some cottage cheese over the paste and grilled it up. It turned out into fantastic breakfast for the two of us. I called it my 'eggplant sandwich'.

Eggplant sandwich with Dragon Fruit for breakfast

You can try the above two ideas with different kinds of leftover vegetables. I have tried out this several times and the results have been pretty good. The only thing you need to be careful of is to judge what will taste good as a pav bhaji and what would be better off in a sandwich.

So, put on your thinking caps and dish out some great stuff from leftovers!

If you have similar ideas on leftover food preparation, I’d definitely like to hear from you. Feel free to type out in the comments section below!

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Cooking with Leftovers - Part - II