Thursday, September 2, 2010
Chinese Fried Rice
I cooked some Chinese fried rice today not to celebrate the new month but just out of whimsy. It's quite convenient you see for a Malayalee to make fried rice. After all, the china wok is what we use daily for our thoran and mezhukkupuratti 'cheena chatt.' Yep! Kerala and China go a long way back. Otherwise I don't know why everyone I know back home uses this chatti.
Now that we have established the convenience of making fried rice for me let me also say I quite like this dish. When we make it at home we can bring the amount of oil to a bare minimum making it quite healthy too. I will not keep you with anymore rambling. Let's get to the point, alright!
That little golden glory you spot in the picture is outside my window. Yellow leaves mottle the oak tree and the iredescence of the sunlight on it. Quite distracted with the sun and the rustle of leaves outside
Ingredients:
Rice - 2 cups
All vegetables diced to small pieces (I say, smaller the prettier)
Ginger - 1 tspn
Garlic - 1 Tbspn
Green Chilies - 4 nos
Onion - 1 small diced into small cubes
Carrot - 1
Beans - 20 nos
Cabbage- 1 cup chopped
Celery - 1 stick
Oil - 1 Tbspn
Soya Sauce - 4 Tbspn (watery kind, use more if you like)
White pepper powder - 1/2 tspn
Method:
Cook rice, please follow instructions here
1. Heat wok and add a tablespoon of oil
2. Add vegetables starting with onions, ginger, garlic and green chilies. Fry on high heat
Followed with carrots, beans, cabbage quickly stirring with each addition. If you cannot keep up with quick stirring crank the flame down so as not to burn the vegetables
3. Add salt once vegetables are done.
4. Sprinkle the pepper and stir in
5. I set the cooked vegetables aside and then add 1 day old cooked rice. Add soya bean sauce and when the rice is heating. Stir in the cooked vegetables.
6. Finally, top with scrambled eggs
We would like to send in some entries for Jay's Letz Relish- Paneer event
Kadhai Paneer
Malai Kofta
Entering the rice for Festive Rice Event
Contributor: Sunitha
Labels:
Beans,
Colorful dish,
Egg,
Gluten-free,
Indo-Chinese,
jasmine rice,
Non Vegetarian main course,
Rice
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Nice n colorful.. love love fried rice anytime!!
ReplyDeleteI love your first click.. very inviting!! Delicious fried rice.
ReplyDeleteAdipoli fried rice, looking yummy...
ReplyDeleteDelicious rice, I love it!
ReplyDeleteOMG super clicks, and fried rice looks colorful and yummyy!!
ReplyDeleteLovely rice..Refreshing clicks !!!
ReplyDeleteI love this fried rice..Superb clicks!!
ReplyDeleteOmg, wat a awesome dish, just love anytime..
ReplyDeleteI love the light and soft colours of your photos!
ReplyDeleteVery happy September to you Sunitha! Though its getting cold, i wasn't very happy about sept coming but it's just started to get colorful, so should be a very happy month! and this is my fav lazy dinner...they look so delicate and yum! :)
ReplyDeletewow what a tempting fried rice..love it always ..yummy
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Happy September :-)
ReplyDeleteI would love to have that fried rice, please :-) Yumm!
What a beautiful pic. I also add vinegar as I like that tangy flavor :)
ReplyDeleteJust send me some fried rice & i'll be singing happy september song...lol! no seriously rice look tempting...
ReplyDeleteRice looks so delicious..Could have it any time...
ReplyDeleteOwh how I missed all ur dishes!!! Hru both doing over there???
ReplyDeleteFried Rice looking sinfully yummy lor! I wantttt...;)
Your fried rice looks fantastic...just the way I like it with lots of vegetables.
ReplyDeleteYummy looking bowl with lots of veggies!
ReplyDeletelooks fab !
Hapy new month to you too....This is a special month for me as this is my birth month....so you can imagine now each day is special for me...
ReplyDeleteTHe dish looks so gorgeous...the snaps and the presentation made it too Dazzlingly and magnificent....
super delicious rice, looks yum
ReplyDeleteDelicious fried rice....
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious. Love the assorted veggies in it.
ReplyDeletelovely rice! Yum!
ReplyDeleteMy fav....looks perfectly cooked
ReplyDeleteWhat a droolworthy fried rice! I love home-made versions! I'd have some with chilli chicken or chicken manchurian!
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What a lovely pic and i love the fried rice:)
ReplyDeleteYummy Yummy !! lovely picture too
ReplyDeleteI totally Love it (without eggs though) nd yeh its a kinda of addict sometimes LOL
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice recipe..looks so mouthwatering
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice recipe..looks so mouthwatering
ReplyDeleteThis looks perfect and delicious.
ReplyDeletemouth-watering!!!!!!! n divine pics to tease the gastric juices....WAY 2 GO GALS!!! :)
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That looks pretty gorgeous
ReplyDeleteDelicious rice and awesome pictures...I like the way you have chopped your veggie very small
ReplyDeleteDeepa
Hamaree Rasoi
aaha..yummmy fried rice:)
ReplyDeleteYummy fried rice...
ReplyDeletethat looks super delicious !
ReplyDeleteFried rice looks n sounds delicious...very pretty and must be very tasty too..!
ReplyDeleteThanx for sending this gorgeous entry to my event..:)
Keep sending more...!!
Warm wishes,
Jay
lovely presentation and rice this looks filling and delicious
ReplyDeletethank you for sending
wowww..this looks awesome...i make in a similar way.bt adds chopped garlic,ginger and green chillies first, den onion and other vegetables. den soya sauce followed by rice.last combines with scrambled egg.. smbody suggested this order very before.let me try this order next time. :).. and i always feeels the fresh look of veggies fade away after adding soya sauce..
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your comments
ReplyDelete@Lena - I agree about the order and color. I would try the ginger and garlic first too. I still like ginger a little done but overcooked garlic makes the taste very dull. I like to keep it just enough cooked.
Agree again about the color of veggies. What i did this time is cook the veggies without any sauce but just the green chilies to give it the spark. Setting this aside I had the rice mixed in all the soya sauce. This way the veggies when thrown in keeps some if not all of it's color. Also I have learned never to close the vessel in which veggies are cooking. That is a killer for color as well.
I am glad we could share our culinary experiences :)
Looks absolutely yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteThat one of my favorite things to eat :-D
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