VEG FRIED RICE WITH VEGGIE STIR FRY.

Veg Fried Rice with Veggie Stir fry:

Mister had a long day at work and he came home yesterday evening feeling very moody and dull… I knew that the very mention of food or rather chinese food would light up his eyes. Generally when one of us is feeling a little low, we treat ourselves to some nice chinese food or atleast a chinese soup and it really peps us up. Since he had unending line of office calls even after he got back home, I decided that I would try my hand at something chinese to pep him up and guess what, it worked!! Just the aroma of chinese being cooked in the house, made him postpone his call  and we settled for an early dinner..what a lovely evening it was!!

I had tried this combination of veg fried rice with a bowl of veggie stir fry back home in Goa in a restaurant called ‘Gaylin’ which used to be our favourite haunt at work.  When I tasted the dish that I made, I was suddenly nostalgic and was flooded with  memories back in college days when we would saved some money for the weekend to treat ourselves to some good chinese food.

Since it wasn’t preplanned, I have used normal sona mussorie rice for fried rice:)..The authentic fried rice is a little tedious to make, I’ve tried my own indigenous way:)…To further avoid any disasters with rice, I have cooked the rice separately and then used it. Cook the rice with a little less water so that the grains are separate and don’t stick to each other.

Veg Fried Rice:

You’ll need:

Cooked rice: 2 cups

carrots: 1/2 cup ( julienned)

Onions: 1 large(julienned)

French beans: 1/2 cup (jhulienned)

Capsicum: 1/2 cup(julienned)

cabbage: 1/4 cup(finely chopped)

Green peas: 1/4 cup

soya sauce: 1.5 teaspn

sugar: 1 teaspn

salt: to taste

Ginger-garlic paste: 3/4 teaspn

oil: 1 tablespn.

Procedure:

I’ve microwaved carrots, french beans for 3 mins so that they get cooked faster with the rice. Do not microwave them too much, they need to be half cooked.

In a wok, pour some oil, add onions and ginger garlic paste and saute for a while til the onions turn transparent. Further add, capsicum, microwaved veggies, cabbage, green peas and saute them till they get cooked. To that add soya sauce, sugar, salt and stir. If the gravy is too thick you can add a little broth from the veggies that have been microwaved. Once cooked, mix the cooked rice with it and hot steaming veg fried rice is ready. Veg fried rice is generally bland and needs some kind of a side dish. I’ve tried yet another easy recipe called veggie stir fry which is an excellent combination with fried rice.

Veggie Stir Fry:

You’ll need:

All the possible veggies that you have..

Carrots: 1/2 cup (diced)

Onions: 1 (diced)

potato: 1/4 cup

Cabbage: 1/2 cup(chopped)

French Beans: 1/2 cup( chop along the length)

Green peas: 1/4 cup

sweet corn: 1/2 cup

green chillies: 2 teaspn(finely chopped)

capsicum: 2 tablespn (diced)

Ginger garlic paste: 3/4 teaspn

Soya Sauce: 1.5 teaspn

Corn flour: 1 teaspn( flat)

salt: to taste

sugar: 1/2 teaspn

Oil: 1 tablespn

Procedure:

Microwave carrots, potato, beans for 3 mins (half cook) and keep aside. In a wok, pour some oil and add onions and ginger garlic paste and saute for a while. Add green chillies, capsicum, green peas, corn, cabbage and all the other microwaved veggies and saute till they get cooked.Mix the corn flour with 1 tablespn of water and add to the veggies. Further add soya sauce, salt and sugar and give it a good stir and veegie stir fry is ready.

You can either serve them separately or top the fried rice with veggie stir fry. Enjoy.