Vegetable fried rice

Presenting another one of my favorite Indo Chinese recipes - Vegetable fried rice. I was thrilled to find this recipe in one my favorite blogs(link given below). I just tweaked it a little bit - like adding celery, and adding green sauce instead of green chillies. 

Celery, like I mentioned in my last post, definitely enhances flavor. But this recipe has another key ingredient - white pepper powder, which also gives a very unique and authentic flavor to the dish. Do not skip this. 

Overall preparing this is very easy. Comes out extremely tasty. Do try! 

Ingredients

Basmati - 3 cups

Green capsicum - 1 big

Celery - 5 sticks(from 1 bunch) - not in the original

Onion - 1/2 big

Scallions(spring onions) - 2 bunch

Green chilies - 3 - I didn’t add this. I added green sauce close to 2 -3 tbsp instead of this

Ginger

Soya saue - 2 tbsp

Green sauce - 2 -3 tbsp(not in the original)

Salt 

Sugar - 1 tsp

Ajinomoto - 1 tsp(optional)

White pepper powder - 1 tsp

Oil

Method

Cook basmati rice with 1 to 1 and 1/4(or 1 and 1/2) water in a pressure cooker for 1 to 2 whistles. Once the pressure is released, let it cool. In a deep pan(wok), add oil. Let it heat up. Add ginger, sauté. Add onion, capsicum(slit lengthwise into strips), white part of green onions, salt, green chilies(if adding any), sauté for a minute or so, then add celery cut into small pieces. Sauté till they are cooked al dente, they should have a slight crunch. Add sugar, aginomoto and sauté. Add green sauce and soya sauce. Add cooked rice. Add white pepper powder. Mix well. Garnish with green part of scallions. 

Recipe Source - “https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/02/capsicum-fried-rice-stir-fry-bell.html”

Notes - 

• Rice should be cooked al dente. 
• If rice is slightly overcooked - don’t worry :), wait for it to cool down completely and then mix with a fork.