Vegetable fried rice recipe – A popular Indo-Chinese recipe made using simple spices, perfect for a lunch box.

Vegetable Rice is a common dish in my home, which I make once a week since my hubby likes it very much. But always make raitha for that. Very rarely I make cauliflower Manchurian for this. Though we all like the Manchurian, since it is deep fried we avoid making this often. After a long time, I made both vegetable rice and cauliflower Manchurian. Here is the recipe for Baby Corn Manchurian  .

If you have leftover rice then it is very easy to make this veg fried rice. I have used basmati rice in this recipe, you can use short-grained rice too. The traditional Chinese fried rice includes lots of sauces but I don’t prefer the strong taste of those sauces. If you are a person living in India and think this is a Chinese recipe, definitely it is not. Though in India we say Chinese cuisine, there is a way more difference in the taste. The Indo-Chinese dishes we get in India and the Chinese dishes we get here in Singapore, and Hong Kong are different. They don’t have a dish named Manchurian in their cuisine.

If you are a fan of Indo-Chinese recipes like me, do check out our, Sprouts fried rice, Schezwan fried rice , Mushroom fried rice, Vegan egg fried rice, Poha fried rice

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Method:

  • Soak rice in 1 and 1/4 cup of water for 15 min and pressure cook it. Check out my post on How to cook basmati rice .
  • Allow it to cool.¬† Make the ginger, garlic, and chili into a coarse paste. Chop the bottom part of the spring onion finely and keep it aside. Don‚Äôt discard the green part.
  • In a pan, add 1 tbsp of oil add sugar and add this paste. Saute for some time. Now add the white part of the onion which we chopped. Saute for 2 to 3 mins. Now add the mixed veggies except capsicum. Saute in high flame. Add salt,( if using) tomato sauce, and soya sauce. Saute for 2 mins. Add the chopped capsicum.
  • Cook for a minute.¬†
  • Switch off the flame mix it with rice and add pepper powder also and mix gently to have an even coat.
  • Garnish with the chopped green portion of the spring onion.
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Note:

  • You can add finely chopped baby corn to the veggies.
  • Always ensure that the veggies should be crunchy and not overcooked.
  • Vegetable fried rice pairs well with Manchurian¬†
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Vegetable fried rice

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Basmati rice
  • ¼ cup Veggies I used capsicum, carrot, sweetcorn and peas
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • a smal piece Ginger
  • 2 Green chili
  • 1 tsp Soya sauce
  • ½ tsp Tomato sauce optional
  • ½ tsp Sugar
  • ½ tsp Pepper powder
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • Spring onion few to garnish

Instructions

  • Soak rice in 1 and 1/4 cup of water for 15 min and pressure cook it. Check out my post on How to cook basmati rice.
  • Allow it to cool. Make the ginger, garlic, and chili into a coarse paste. Chop the bottom part of the spring onion finely and keep it aside. Don’t discard the green part.
  • In a pan, add 1 tbsp of oil add sugar and add this paste.
  • Saute for some time. Now add the white part of the onion which we chopped.
  • Saute for 2 to 3 mins. Now add the mixed veggies except capsicum.
  • Saute in high flame. Add salt,( if using) tomato sauce, and soya sauce. Saute for 2 mins.
  • Add the chopped capsicum. Cook for a minute.
  • Switch off the flame mix it with rice and add pepper powder also and mix gently to have an even coat.
  • Garnish with the chopped green portion of the spring onion.

Notes

  1. You can add finely chopped baby corn to the veggies.