VEG FRIED RICE

INGREDIENTS:

• Basmati Rice - 1 azhaku ( 1 cup)
• Onion - 1/2 
• Green Chilli - 2
• Ginger - 1 small bit
• Garlic - 2
• Carrot - thin sliced 1 hand full
• Beans - thin sliced 1 hand full
• cabbage - thing sliced 1 hand full
• Spring Onions - 2 strands
• Cinnamon stick - 1
• Ghee

PREPARATION:

STEP 1: 

• Soak Basmati rice in water for 30 minutes.
• Take pressure cooker add 1 spoon oil, 1 spoon ghee and cinnamon stick
• Put the rice in cooker and let it get pressure cooked for 2 full whistles. Switch off
• Take a bigger plate and brush it with ghee. Put the cooked rice and spread it out in the plate. Doing this rice remains non sticky

STEP 2:

• Grind Ginger garlic and green chilli into fine paste and keep it ready
• Heat oil in pan
• Add onions, chopped spring onions ( not the green leaf springs only the shallots from spring onions), ginger garlic chilli paste and toss them well.
• Add carrots and beans first and toss it for 5 mins.
• Add cabbage and 1.5 spoon of salt. (1 spoon of salt is for 1 cup basmati rice. Half spoon is for the veggies).Add little water so that the veggies get cooked well.
• Close pan with lid and leave it for 5 mins in medium flame.
• Only spice here is green chillies. If you prefer black pepper then sprinkle 1 teaspoon at this time.
• Open the lid and switch off once water is drained. 
• Now add the cooked rice and toss it gently so that the veggies mix well with the rice all around.
• Add finely chopped green leaf springs of the spring onions as topping.

Restaurant Style Fried rice is ready to get served