Popcorn Rice from cold Basmati

I am getting rid of some leftover Basmati rice and some stale popcorn.

At first I wanted to throw out the stale sweet popcorn that was sitting in the open bowl from the day before. Then I started thinking. What can I do to prevent foodwaste.

I remembered that I once made a milk rice flavoured with popcorn taste. I dumped the popcorn in a small pot and poured milk on top and let it sit for 30 min. Then brought it to a boil to cook for 5 min on low temperature. I used a fine mash sieve on top of the bowl and pour the milk in it. Popcorn flavoured milk.

I had a bag of cold Basmati in the fridge. I added it to the milk that had gone back in the pot. A bit of additional flavour such as vanilla, strawberry roasted almond sugar and yuzu peel went in next.

I simmered it for 5 minutes and took the pot of the heat. I cracked an egg and beat it and poured it in the rice. That thickend it nicely.

A mandarine orange as a topping looked good.

Ingredients:

35 g stale sweet or butter popcorn

Pinch of salt

250 ml whole milk

Pinch ground vanilla bean

1 tsp homemade yogurt almond sugar

Or sweetener of your choice

100 g cooked cold Basmati

1 Mandarine Orange