Arancini Balls

I shock my proper Bengali mother, by watching Shinchan, Tom and Jerry and a variety of other animated movies 😉 Her reaction would be rolling her eyes and telling me to grow up 😀

Keeping aside all the ‘for’ and ‘against’ of watching Shinchan, i got intrigued by ‘rice balls’ he frequently eats 😀

This is how our lunch was born one day………….

(This is from my archive)

A ‘time -pass’ lunch with 50% health quotient 😉 ( they are deep fried balls)

A bowl of leftover cooked rice was sitting in corner of the fridge, waiting to be utilized 😛 and I was in no mood to make what we Bongs call ‘bhaat bhaja’ aka Fried Rice….so was born the Italian take on Japanese Onigiri – Arancini Balls 🙂

Served on a bed of crunchy multi -grain sprouts and pomegranate salad, with some tomatoes, onion, salt, pepper and lime juice. 🙂 and a bit of BBQ sauce to dip in.

Simple to cook and good to eat.

here’s what i did …………

INGREDIENTS

Makes 6 balls

1 ½ cup – leftover cooked rice

3 tbsp – grated cheese, preferably gouda / cheddar

¼ tsp – black pepper powder

Salt to taste

1 slice – cheese (mozzarella)

1 egg – for egg wash/dip

3 tsp – all purpose flour / corn flour

1 cup – bread crumbs

BBQ sauce

Oil for frying

METHOD :

In a bowl, mix the rice, grated gouda, black pepper and salt together well. Cut small squares of the mozzarella cheese slice. Beat the egg in a bowl and keep aside. Spread the all purpose flour and bread crumbs in two separate plate or flat bowls. Wet the palms and start making the balls. Make a dip in the centre and fill few tiny cheese squares, close the ball around. Roll the rice ball in the all purpose flour, and then dip it into the beaten egg. Now roll the ball into the bread crumbs and press it slightly. Deep fry it in hot oil on medium flame till golden brown in color.

Serve it as it is with BBQ sauce or get innovative and serve it on a bed of salad or sprouts etc.

mix rice, grated cheese, salt and pepper

sliced up the cheese slice into small squares

1 beaten egg, flour for dusting and bread crumbs to roll

This can be a good starter or cocktail bites. 🙂

Burrrrp !!! 😀

 

Happy cooking !!!

Cheers !! 😀

 

 

 

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