Fried rice

Today we are going to prepare Fried rice. We usually order Fried rice when we visit hotels but do you know that we can prepare it in no time at home. Moreover the advantage of preparing at home is that we can prepare it to suit our liking, adjust sauces to suit our taste buds and we can also skip which is very harmful for our health. I usually prepare this with brown rice to make it more healthier and it tastes really good with brown rice. How to cook brown rice? .Do try it. Here is a quick recipe for Indo Chinese Vegetable Fried rice.

 Ingredients needed:

• 2 cups Rice
• 3 tbsp Oil
• 100 gms Beans Finely Chopped
• 2 Carrot Finely Chopped
• 1 Onion Sliced
• 100 gms Cabbage Finely Chopped
• 2 Spring Onions Finely Chopped
• 2-3 Green Chilies cut lenghtwise
• 1 tsp Ginger Chopped Finely
• 1 tsp Garlic Finely Chopped
• 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
• Salt & pepper to taste

Method:

•     Pick, wash and soak the rice in enough water for 10-15 minutes and drain.
•     Boil water, add rice and little salt.
•     Cook uncovered on low heat till rice is tender.
•     Take care not to overcook the rice. Each grain of rice should be separate.
•     When rice is done, drain and add soom cold water and drain again using a

              large seive and set aside.

•     Heat oil in a kadhai / large pan and stir fry all the chopped vegetables.
•     Cook for 3-4 minutes.
•     Take care that vegetables are not overdone, they should be crisp.
•     Mix salt and pepper to taste.
•     Add the cooked rice and mix well. Now mix the soya sauce to it.
•     Cook the chinese fried rice for 2-3 minutes and serve hot.

Tips:

• Rice: You can use 3-4 cups of rice for this recipe. If you do not have leftover rice, then you would have to a little bit of prep of cooking and cooling the rice. Preferably you want the rice to be a little separated, not as much as say a pulao recipe (see Paneer and Muttar Pulao Recipe) and not a mushy rice either. See step 1 for details on how to cook the rice for this.
• Bell pepper (Capsicum): You can use any color you like. I use the Red variety for their health benefits, superior to that of the green variety.
• Sesame oil: I usually use a chilli + sesame oil mix for the spiciness. But you can use regular sesame oil and add chilli sauce additionally. You can also use the toasted sesame oil towards the end if you like. If sesame oil is not your thing, just add regular vegetable oil.
• Ginger: Depending upon the quality and taste preference, you might need add more or less ginger (ditto for garlic)