Saturday, October 16, 2010

Veggie fried rice, anyone?

You take your brain that calculates the calories and just throw it out of the window on friday nights. Then you go make sumptuous food in the kitchen and eat it to your heart's content. After all, you slog the entire week in your office and you deserve a break? That is exactly what I did. The recipe is simple with no tedious work involved (except chopping the veggies, which I don't mind). Sit back and enjoy!


Ingredients-

3 cups water
1 1/2 cups rice
olive oil for cooking
1 onion chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
1 carrot chopped
1/2 cup green peas
2-3 garlic cloves (crushed and chopped)
red chilli flakes (1/4 tsp)
2 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Salt

Preparation- 

First step will be to cook your rice. Cooking your rice without getting it sticky is an art. You have to rinse your rice thoroughly and allow it to soak in water for 20 to 30 minutes. Boil 3 cups of water in a deep bottomed pan. As the water starts boiling, add the rice and cover the pan. Cook it in a low flame for about 20 minutes. In a separate pan, heat some oil and saute all the vegetables with garlic. Add chilli flakes, ground pepper and soy sauce. Cook on a medium flame till all the vegetables are crisp and not mushy. Add the cooked rice to this mixture. Adjust the salt according to your taste and cook the rice for a couple of minutes. Enjoy!

11 comments:

  1. Hi Suchi,

    Dat looks so yum..Congrats on becoming a featured publisher!!

    Dr.Sameena@

    www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com

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  2. how much i love fried rice =) thanx for sharing! I thnk u'll like this post of mine
    http://cardamomhills.blogspot.com/2010/09/romance-with-leftovers.html
    cheers
    Mj

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  3. how can i throw away to calculate calories while i m becoming fatter and fatter everyday:))
    it looks ymmy and i love rice and i liked this version and has never tried..

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  4. It sounds so delicious! great idea :)

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  5. I agree, Fridays are for chilling, and healthy doesn't matter! Your rice looks tasty and easy to put together, my favourite combo!

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  6. MMMM fried rice and lo mein are so good! making lo mein today..

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  7. fried rice is another food that often I made whenever there is leftover rice.

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  8. I can never get tired of fried rice and it's a fun dish to make, throw everything in there! :)

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  9. I like the fact that is very versatile and vegetarian. Great choice for a light meal.

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