VGETABLE FRIED RICE, how to make Chinese style fried rice

A very easy way to make Chinese fried rice...in Chinese cooking , the tough part is to cut the vegetables very finely. When everything is ready, it takes exactly 10 minutes to finish up the dish

Ingredients

Basmati rice  - 1 1/2 cups

Water - 3 cups

Salt to taste

Cooking oil - 4 tbsps

Garlic - 3 pods, finely chopped

Green chillies - 2, slit

Spring onion - 1 bunch, finely chopped

Carrots - 1/2 cup, finely chopped

Green bell pepper - 1/2 cup, finely chopped

Green beans - 1/2 cup, finely chopped

Pepper powder - 11/2 tsps

Recipe Cuisine: Indo chinese; Category: Lunch/dinner

Prep time: 15 mts; Cooking time: 30 mts to cook the rice; Sauteeing time: 10 mts

Serves 4

Heat oil in a wok, add slit green chillies and chopped garlic

Now add spring onion, finely chopped

All veggies chopped into very fine pieces

Veggies added to the wok

Saute on high flames well

Add salt and pepper powder

Rice cooked and cooled down well, added. As usual, I cooked rice, keeping within a container inside pressure cooker, then when steam comes, I close the vent with a cup, reduce flames to the lowest and cook for exactly 30 minutes, then allow the rice to cool down by spreading it on a shallow vessel

Mixed well

Serve this superb, highly aromatic rice with sweet and sour vegetables or manchurian

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

Notes

* You can add soy sauce or vinegar according to your choice on the plate. This way, the beautiful color of the rice doesn't get spoilt

Categories: Indo chinese, Rice Varieties