Crunchy spinach rice balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup leftover rice
• 1 cup spinach blanched
• 1 cup corns blanched
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp garlic chopped
• 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp pizza spices
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp maida
• 3/4 cup milk
• to taste Salt and pepper
• 2 cubes processed cheese
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp maida
• As needed Bread crumbs
• 2 tsp cornflakes

Steps

1. First take a cup of left over rice.and chop all the vegetables. Blanch corns and keep aside.
2. Now make a white sauce.heat butter in a pan.add garlic saute add maida and cook till changes colour and then add milk,and whisk immediately so that no lumps are formed.add Chilli flakes, oregano and pizza spices.
3. Cool it till it thickens.now add blanched spinach and corns in the mix
4. Add grated cottage cheese and rice.add salt and pepper.make a thick dough.
5. In the meantime make a slurry using cornflour,water and maida to coat the balls
6. Take bread crumbs and cornflakes in a plate and crush them.
7. Now make small balls out of the dough and coat with corflour.
8. Now dip balls in slurry and place on bread crumbs.
9. Coat nicely from all sides.keep in the refrigerator for 30 mins to set
10. Now deep fry them or shallow fry…serve hot with mayo dip