How To Prepare Vegetable fried rice
Vegetable fried rice is a simple and healthy food, and the dish is made with fresh vegetables like carrot, capsicum, cabbage, ginger, and garlic. You can make this vegetable fried rice with leftover rice. It is a perfect lunch box recipe and anyone can make this simple rice dish.
Ingredients Required:
• Basmati rice – 300grams
• Carrot – ½ cup (finely chopped)
• Capsicum – 1 cup (finely chopped)
• Frozen green peas – 3 tablespoons
• Cabbage – 1cup(finely chopped)
• Spring onion bulbs – 3 tablespoons
• Green spring onions – 4 tablespoons (finely chopped)
• Coriander – 1bunch (chopped)
• Green chilies – 4(finely chopped)
• Ginger – garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
• Ginger – ½ teaspoon (finely chopped)
• Garlic – 1 tablespoon (finely chopped)
• Soya sauce – 2 tablespoons
• Vinegar – 1 tablespoon
• Salt as per taste
• Garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon
• Crushed black pepper powder – 1 tablespoon
• Red chili powder – 1 tablespoon
• Oil – 5 tablespoons
Preparation method:
• Wash the basmati rice and soak in water for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes switch on the stove and boil enough water in a vessel.
• Add salt as per taste and a tablespoon of oil into the water and mix it once.
• Cover the vessel with a plate and boil it for 4 minutes.
• Then add soaked rice into the boiled water and mix it once.
• Cover and cook the rice for a minute and then remove the plate and stir it once.
• Allow cooking the rice till al dente.
• Then switch off the stove and drain the rice through a strainer.
• Allow it to cool.
• Then switch on the stove and heat a pan.
• Then add 5 tablespoons of oil, finely chopped ginger and garlic and fry them for a minute.
• Then add chopped spring onion bulbs and green chilies.
• Mix all the ingredients well.
• Cover and cook the vegetables for 2 minutes on low flame.
• Then stir it once, then add ginger- garlic paste and fry them.
• Now add chopped cabbage, carrot, frozen green peas and fry them.
• Then add chopped capsicum and green spring onions and mix it once again.
• Now add salt as per taste and mix it.
• Then cover and cook the vegetables for 5 minutes on low flame.
• Then stir it once and add crushed black pepper powder, a tablespoon of red chili powder.
• Mix all the ingredients well.
• Cover and cook for a minute.
• Then stir it once again.
• Now add steamed rice into the cooked vegetables.
• Now toss the rice and stir continuously in order to cook all the vegetables evenly.
• Then add 2 tablespoons of soya sauce, a tablespoon of vinegar and toss it once again.
• Finally, add a tablespoon of Garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves into the fried rice and toss it again.
• Now transfer the fried rice a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves and spring onions.
Serving suggestion:
- Serve this coriander rice steaming hot along with the side assortment of raita or with any non-veg curry of your choice.
Nutrition facts:
Servings: 1 cup
• Total fat – 12g
• Sodium – 740mg
• Potassium – 185mg
• Total carbs – 38g
• Dietary fiber – 2g
• Sugars – 2g
• Protein – 11g
• Vitamin A – 30%
• Vitamin C – 15%
• Calcium – 30%
• Iron – 70 %
