Fried rice is a Chinese rice item that is popular worldwide. This dish has vegetables, meat and Chinese sauces sauteed in high flame and mixed with boiled long-rice. This is a complete meal. It can be served with other Chinese curry like chilly chicken, Manchurian etc. Among the many varieties of fried rice am gonna try a simple Egg fried rice.
Basmati rice- 2 cups
Egg- 2 nos
Green peas- 1/2 cup
Carrot- 2 nos
Spring onion- 3 nos white portion
Beans- 3 nos
Cabbage*- 1/8 of medium sized
Pepper powder- 3/4 tsp
Green chilly- 1 no
Soya sauce- 1 tbsp
Garlic- 10 nos
Garlic- 10 nos
Water- as required for cooking rice
Capsicum- 1/4 medium sized
Oil- 4 tbsp
Lemon*- 1/2 no
Method
Oil- 4 tbsp
Lemon*- 1/2 no
Method
Chop all the vegetables and garlic. You can choose veggies according to your taste, but never omit capsicum and spring onion. For 2 cups of basmati rice I took 3 cups of chopped vegetables.
Boil approximately 6-8 cups of water in a thick bottom vessel. Squeeze half a lemon,1 tbsp oil and washed rice to the boiling water . When rice is 3/4th cooked, drain the excess water and keep aside.
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add garlic and spring onion. Keep the flame high. Saute for 1-2 mins.
Once the raw smell is lost, add all the vegetables and saute for 5-7 mins. We don't want to lose the crunchiness of vegetables. We just need them to be half cooked. Add 1 tbsp of soya sauce and saute for a min.
Push the vegetables to a side and add 1 tbsp of oil. Crack two eggs & scramble them.
Add cooked rice and mix it with the veggies carefully. Keep the flame low or if pan is too hot, remove from flame.
Happy meal :)
PS:-
- I used a standard 240 ml measuring cup.
- * shows optional ingredients.