Let me start
this post with a riddle. What takes 2 minutes to cook and yet is one of the
hardest leftovers to use?
And the answer
is MAGGI !
I bet most of
you never faced this problem because Maggi noodles are consumed faster than
they are cooked. I would have never faced the leftover situation with this
delicious instant noodles had it been just me eating them. I cooked a lot of
them for a group and well, some of them were on diet! So here I was, with a
bowl full of cooked Maggie noodles lying in the pan and a tummy so full, it
refused to have any more of them.
The first
thought that came to my mind was to just throw them away; of course wasting
food is never an admirable thing to do. I remembered, Hemal Shah, a friend of
mine had mentioned that she cooked rice with maggi masala (the seasoning packet
that comes with the noodles) and her family just loves it. I figured if the seasoning could be used for
another recipe why not use the leftover Maggie, which already had the seasoning
in it. I called my friend who willingly shared her recipe. Adding a few more
ingredients, I had this utterly delicious Maggie rice for dinner and now I know
what to do with leftover instant noodles and after reading this post, you will
too!
Ingredients
Cooked Maggi
noodles – 1 packet
Cooked white
rice – 1.5 cups
Yellow bell
pepper (chopped) – half a cup
Diced green chilies
– 2 small ones
Diced ginger – 1
tsp
Finely chopped
garlic – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala – ½
tsp
Olive oil – 2 tsp
Salt and pepper
Heat the oil in
a skillet and sauté the yellow bell peppers, green chillies, ginger and garlic
on a high flame for about a minute. Add the rice, noodles, salt and spices and mix well. Lower
heat and cook for a couple of minutes till the flavors blend, stirring all the
while. Sprinkle cracked pepper and serve hot.
Serving
suggestions
·
With Chips/ Papad/Yogurt
Tips
·
You can use any color bell pepper to
make the dish more colorful.
·
The ratio of rice to noodles doesn’t
really matter too much when you are using leftovers!
·
Go easy on the green chilies if you can’t
tolerate spice.
Interesting fact
·
Apart from India “Maggi” is also very
popular in Malaysia.
