Fried rice




Ingredients:
1 and a 1/2 cup basmati rice.
3 green chillies.
1 medium sized carrot.
8 green beans.
1/4th of a cabbage.
Any vegetable oil.
8 cloves of garlic.
2 tsp lime juice.
A handful of chopped scallions/spring onions.
1 medium sized onion.
1 Tbsp hot sauce.
2 tsp pepper.
2 Tbsp of dark soy sauce.
1 tsp of vinegar.

Method:
Soak the rice in some water for 20 minutes.
While the rice soaks, get your veggies all chopped up to very fine pieces. Reserve about a Tbsp of the scallions in a separate bowl.
To a pot, add the drained rice, 1 Tbsp of oil, the lime juice, the req salt and 3 cups of water. Bring it to a boil and let the rice cook. The rice should be slightly undercooked or aldente but not too undercooked. You can check by tasting it or if the rice breaks apart into many tiny bits , it's probably undercooked. It should mash up a little when pressed.
Drain the rice once it's cooked and spread it out onto a plate. This will help the rice grains to seperate up as the steam escapes!

To a wok, add 3 Tbsp of oil, the finely chopped garlic, onions and green chillies with a pinch of salt. Stir them around and don't let anything brown. We're just going for a light cook. Add the finely chopped carrots, beans, cabbage and the spring onions. Add a pinch of salt and cook them on high heat only for like 2 minutes or so or until they have a nice crunch to them. Add the pepper powder, the hot sauce and stir well. Next add in the rice, the soy sauce, a sprinkle of water and the vinegar. Gently stir them all together almost like folding it in (this is done to avoid breakage of the rice). Make sure the rice is cooked well, if it isn't then you can sprinkle some water over it and cover it with a lid on low flame for a while. Taste for salt and garnish with a few of the reserved scallions. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Garlic bread🍞

Image
Garlic bread Ingredients : 1 cup a.p flour. 8 cloves garlic. 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp dried yeast. A small bunch of fresh coriander leaves. 1/4 cup milk. 1/3 cup water. 2 tsp sugar. 2 tsp salt. 2 tsp pepper. 1 green chilli. 4 Tbsp olive oil. 1 stick of butter. 2 cubes of cheese. Oregano. Red chilli flakes. Red chilli powder. Garlic powder. Method : To a bowl of warm milk, add the yeast and sugar and stir well. Let rest for 15 mins or until it's nice and frothy. Make a fine paste with the garlic cloves and a little water. To a large bowl, add the flour, salt and pepper and combine till there are no lumps. Add 1/2 of the garlic paste and a little water. Knead a little bit and then add the yeast mixture. Knead until it forms a shaggy dough and then add 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Keep kneading for 15 minutes and the dough would have become smooth. Place it in an oiled dish, coat with 1 Tbsp of olive oil and cover the dish with cling film. Let rest for 1 and 1/2 ho
Read more

Gobi Manchurian

Image
Gobi Manchurian: Ingredients: 1 whole Cauliflower. 1 large or 2 small onions. 2 green chillies. 1 medium sized green bell pepper. 6 cloves of garlic. 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder. 6 Tbsp of cornflour. 4 Tbsp of a.p flour. 1 tsp of red chilli powder. Vegetable oil. 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp of soy sauce. 1 Tbsp of ketchup. 2 tsp hot sauce. 1 tsp of MSG. 1 tsp of lightly roasted sesame seeds. 3 Tbsp of chopped spring onion greens. Method: Cut the cauliflower into bite sized pieces and wash thoroughly. To a pot, add 4 and a 1/2 cup of water with 2 Tbsp of salt and bring it to a boil. Before the water completely boils, add in the cauliflower florets and boil for 4 minutes or so. Turn off the flame, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder, stir it around, drain and rinse again. To a large bowl, add 3 Tbsp of cornflour,3 Tbsp of a.p flour, 1 tsp of salt and stir it in. Then stream water in little by little until you get a somewhat loose consistency. Add the cauliflower florets
Read more

Gajar Ka Halwa

Image
Gajar ka halwa Ingredients: 1 kg carrot 200g milk powder 300ml whole milk 1/2 cup sugar 3 Tbsp ghee 2 Tbsp neutral oil 10 cashew nuts 10 almonds Method: Add the ghee and oil to a large pot/dish and let the ghee melt. Add in the length-wise chopped nuts and fry them till they get a very light golden shade and remove them from the pot. Add the shredded carrots and mix in the ghee and oil well. Keep stirring and cook for about 10-15 mins until a significant amount of the water has evaporated and it's reduced by half. Increase the heat for 2 mins and keep stirring. Then add the sugar, reduce the heat and cook for 10 mins or so until the sugar has melted well and it's all sticky with the carrots. Then add the milk, milk powder, stir well and cover and cook for 10-15 mins on low heat. Then remove the lid and cook for 10 mins until the milk has evaporated, the carrot is well cooked and everything is coming together well. Add the nuts after reserving some for garn
Read more