Monday, July 28, 2008

Schezwan Vegetable Fried Rice



Most of my rice varieties would relate to “There’s no shortcut for hard work”. But like there are always exceptions, this is one among the exceptions. I suppose this is the Indian version of Chinese food.
This would be very easy choice for packing quick, spicy and tasty lunch box.

Ingredients
Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Capsicum – 1 cut into thin long slices
Onion – 2 chopped
Carrot – 1 cut into thin long slices
Beans – ¼ cup cut into thin long slices
Cabbage - 1/4 cup shredded
Green Chillies – 3
Pepper powder – 1tsp
Ginger – 1 tablespoon
Garlic – 8-10 cloves
Soya Sauce- 1 tablespoon
Tomato Sauce /Ketchup – 3 tablespoon
Ghee – 2 tablespoon
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Salt – To taste
Red chilli flakes - for extra spice

Procedure
1. Soak the rice in water for 15 mins. Drain the water and keep aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon Ghee and fry the rice slightly.
3. Cook the rice till it becomes soft and fluffy. I have Hawkins Handi cooker and the rice cooks really well for Biryanis, fried rice etc. I add 2 ¼ cups of water for 2 cups of Basmati rice and keep it for 2 whistles.
4. Transfer the rice to a plate and allow it to cool.
5. Coarsely grind ginger garlic and green chillies.
6. Heat the remaining ghee and oil in a kadai and add the above paste. You may add the chillie flakes for extra spice.
7. After a few mins, add onions and when they turn brown, add pepper powder, capsicum, carrots, and beans and fry till it is cooked.
8. Mix Soya Sauce and Tomato sauce and add it to the vegetables.
9. Add salt and the cooked rice and mix well and remove from heat.
10. Serve hot with onion raita.

2 comments:

Vidya said...

looks yum and that patialla background looks interesting[:)]

Deepa said...

Looks yummy.....when will u send some samples for quality control & testing? MY doors are always open...DS