Vegetarian Fried Rice

That looks like some sad rice to me 😭 at least add some soy sauce or something lmao

Vegetarian fried rice

Ingredients

2 cups basmati rice

Spices

Green cardamom 2 pods

One stick cinnamon (1/2 inch)

One star anise

Mustard seeds

Cumin seeds

Salt to taste

Coriander powder

Roasted cumin powder

Chilli flakes

Green chillies slit ( 2 nos)

Vegetables

Roughly 1 cup

Carrots julienne

Capsicum julienne

Onion sliced

Beans chopped

Peas boiled

Beat root julienne

Fried potato fries

Cabbage thinly sliced

Broccoli florets (blanched)

Steps:

Boil / steam rice with peas, cardamom pods, star anise, cinnamon stick and some salt to taste.

Once they look almost done strain them out.

In a big skillet add some vegetable oil and add a tsp of mustard seeds, once they start to sputter add a tsp of cumin seeds.

Now add sliced onion , green chilies and sauté for a minute.

Now add all the remaining vegetables but not beetroot.

Add a tsp of roasted cumin powder
A tsp of garlic powder
A tsp of coriander powder
Salt to taste

Sauté for a minute or two more . Once you can smell the aroma of cooked spices add the steamed rice ( remove the star anise , cinnamon, cardamom)

Add a dash of vinegar or juice of half a lemon .

Mix everything well making sure the rice don’t get mushy. More like tossing and flipping the pan 🙂

Now add beetroot julienne, some chopped coriander.

Note : you can also add chopped green onions but I was out .

Enjoy !

You guys know a trick. The fried rice tastes better with older rice (a meal or two) than with the freshly made rice.

Where’s the soy sauce and the vegetables at?