Roti Laddoo

What starts off a stale roti, end up as a nutritious delicious laddoo , which fly off the plate before you set them down. Its as easy to make as it is tasty to eat.

Here i have 4 small stale rotis. Stale rotis are dry and easily crumble. Just tear the rotis into small chunks and run it through a chopper or food processor. Just a couple of turns. What you get is crumbs like these.

To these crumbs add 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of soft ghee. You can add jaggery instead of powdered sugar. Just grate the jaggery and rub it into the roti crumbs before adding the ghee. Add a pinch of cardamom powder and a few sliced nuts. lift a fistful and pressing hard shape into small lemon sized balls.

Leftover arent left any more. Magic !!

Bread Upma

Stale bread makes a great base for a quick breakfast dish. Sometimes I need to use fresh bread, but it turns out best with day old bread.

4 slices of bread,1 Chopped onion, 1 green chili sliced, 4-5 curry leaves,1 tbsp oil, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1/4 tsp haldi, a generous pinch of sugar, salt to taste, grated coconut and coriander for garnishing,Break bread into small pieces , sprinkle salt, sugar, haldi on it.Mix well. Heat oil, add mustard seeds, green chilli, curry leaves and onion. Saute onion till light brown, add the bread mixture. Mix well, sprinkle 2-3 tbsp of water to moisten the bread pieces. Cover and cook.

Roti Upma

Leftover rotis can be turned into a tasty breakfast . Just like the leftover rice pulao, just some chopped onion, a green chili and green coriander garnish, and you have a hot breakfast.

1 Chopped onion, 1 green chili sliced, 4-5 curry leaves, coriander for garnishing, 2 tbsp oil.
3 rotis finely chopped/ crumbled.Add 1/2 tsp each of salt, sugar and haldi. Mix well.
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, chilies and onion.Brown the onion, add roti crumble. Mix well, sprinkle 4-5 tbsp water and cover. Cook on low heat for 2 mins. Serve hot with coriander , coconut and a twist of lime.

Corn Pulao

Left over rice lends itself very well to quick fix meal. A little chopped onion, a green chiili , a dash of spice and a twist of lime, and you have a lip smacking dish. A roasted papad is all one needs to make a meal out of this.
This one uses corn as an additional ingredient and a lovely exotic star anise to bring it a fragrant touch.


1 cup leftover rice, 1 chopped onion, 1/2 cup fresh corn, 1 green chilli slit, 2 blades of star anise ( badiyan), corriander ( cilantro) to garnish, salt to taste, 1 tbsp oil.
Heat oil, add star anise, green chilli, onion. Saute till onion is soft and light brown. Add corn and salt, cover and cook for 3 mins. Add rice. Check salt cover and cook for 1 minute.
Serve!