Veg Fried Rice

Veg Fried Rice is a delicious, flavorful and popular Indo Chinese recipe. It is a Chinese style rice recipe where cooked rice is fried well with some veggies which are also sautéed with garlic and chili along with any oriental sauces of your like. It is an easy one to follow and can be made very quickly in just 20 minutes. 

There are so many ways fried rice can be made - Chinese fried rice, schezwan style, egg fried rice, chicken fried rice are some of the most common ones from the Indo Chinese Cuisine. There is no particular rule to use a fixed set of vegetables. Any kind of veggies like carrots, beans, spring onions, capsicum, cabbage, paneer cubes, frozen peas can be used. 

Veg Fried Rice is a staple food in many south-east Asian countries, but in India, it is mostly served as a street food and this is a must dish in the menu of almost all restaurants and street vendors. To make it tastier, restaurants and street vendors, use monosodium glutamate (called as Ajinomoto) and it is not good for health.

Ingredients

1. Basmati Rice - 1 cup (soaked for 20 minutes)
2. Cooking Oil - 1 tsp + 2 tbsp
3. Garlic - 4 (finely chopped)
4. Onion - 1/2 (finely chopped)
5. Spring Onion - 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
6. Carrot - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
7. Cabbage - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
8. Capsicum - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
9. Beans - 2 tbsp
10. Red Chili Sauce - 2 tbsp
11. Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
12. Vinegar - 1 tsp
13. Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
14. Salt as per taste
15. Water as needed

Direction/Method

1. In a wok, add 5 to 6 cups of water.
2. Allow the water to boil.
3. When the water is boiling, add a teaspoon of cooking oil and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
4. Mix them well and add a cup of basmati rice which has been soaked for 20 minutes. Leftover cooked rice can also be used instead of basmati rice.
5. Mix them well, again.
6. Cook the rice for about 10 minutes.
7. Strain the cooked rice when it is cooked well.
8. Pour some cold water on top of the cooked rice to ensure that it not going to stick and become mushy.
9. Keep this cooked rice aside.
10. Take another pan and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.
11. Let the oil heat for some time on a high flame.
12. Add 4 finely chopped garlic and 1/2 finely chopped onion.
13. Sauté them for few seconds.
14. Add 2 tbsp of finely chopped spring onion, 1/4 cup of finely chopped carrot, 1/4 cup of finely chopped cabbage, 2 tablespoons of finely chopped beans, 1/4 cup of finely chopped capsicum, and salt as per taste.
15. Sauté them for about 2 minutes.
16. Add 2 tablespoons of red chili sauce, a teaspoon of soy sauce, and a teaspoon of vinegar.
17. Sauté them again for few seconds.
18. Add cooked rice and a teaspoon of pepper powder.
19. Mix them gently and ensure not to break the rice.
20. Lastly, add some finely chopped spring onion and mix them well.
21. That's it. Veg fried rice is ready.

It can be served with any lip-smacking spicy Indian curry for lunch or dinner. Make this easy, quick and delicious veg fried rice and it will be loved by both kids and adults.

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