Rice Bread | Leftover Rice Bread (vegan)



Most of the times we end up with leftover rice at home. Mom used to make fried rice and we loved it. Sometimes, she would also knead the flour with leftover rice along with chopped onions, fresh coriander and make paranthas. This was definitely our favourite parantha recipe.
Leftover rice should be immediately kept in the refrigerator but never kept in the refrigerator for too long. Stale may pose serious health issues and send your stomach into turmoil. It is best when used within two hours of cooking. Read more about this here
Whenever we have leftover rice, we generally bake a bread using all of it in the dough. The bread comes out soft and spongy and is best eaten the same day.
It is a great relief once the dinner is sorted. The evening was relaxing. We made masala chai and enjoyed the colourful autumn evening.  


We spotted a Shikra on our terrace.
Dinner was a soup and Rice Bread. We loved it and in the end, has a slice each with honey.



Rice Bread | Leftover Rice Bread

Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup cooked rice (freshly cooked, leftover, white rice or brown rice)
  • 3 teaspoons oil for bread +1 teaspoon for greasing the bowl and pan
  • ¾ teaspoons salt
  • ¾ cup warm water
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 ¼ teaspoon instant dry yeast

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, take flour, salt, and oil. Mix well.
  2. In another bowl, take water, sugar, and yeast. Mix, cover and keep for 10 minutes. It should turn frothy. Add rice and mix.
  3. Add wet ingredients to flour mix. Knead for 6-7 minutes till you get a smooth, slightly tacky dough.
  4. In the beginning, take slightly less than ¾ cup water for activating the yeast. While kneading keep adding water as needed. We don’t want a very sticky dough.
  5. Transfer the dough to a greased bowl and turn around once so that it is evenly coated with oil. Cover with a kitchen towel and keep in a warm place to rise for 1 hour or until double.
  6. Grease one 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch loaf pan.
  7. Transfer the risen dough onto a floured counter.  With your fingers, flatten the dough into 8x10 inch rectangle. Tightly roll the dough, pinch and tuck the ends in. Place into the greased loaf pan.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 40-45 minutes. The top should turn golden brown and the pan should sound hollow when tapped.
  9. Cool on the rack. Slice when cold




7 comments:

  1. That looks so nice! I didn't know rice could be used in that way.

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  2. I did not mash the rice. However, while kneading it got mashed a little.

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  3. Hello Binu, Thank you for trying the recipe and the lovely feedback!

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  4. Hi Namita. Can I use whole wheat flour for this. Thanks

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    1. Yes, You may use wheat flour. Your bread will not rise much and might be a little dense. But it will be a healthy bread.

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  5. I baked a brown bread today & accidentally added some left-over rice in the batter. I was trying out baking in a cooker which, apparently takes about the same time as an oven which is approx 30 min.
    While the bread rose beautifully & the outsides were very well done, for some reason, I had leave my bread on the gas stove for more than 3 hours & it still wasn't baked on the inside!!!! Would you be able to tell me why ? & what I can do about it?

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    1. A picture of the crumb would have really helped in finding out the reason. Was the dough too sticky? I have never baked in a cooker. I feel that the dough had high hydration. Try with less water next time.

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