Vegetable Fried Rice

Serves: 4 people

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup               Rice

2                           Cardamoms

4 tbsp                   Vegetable Oil

1                           Medium onion,thinly sliced

4 tbsp                    Ghee

50 gms                   Cashew nuts

1 tbs                      Raisins

1                           Small onions, chopped

1 tbsp                   Ginger garlic paste

2                           Green chillies, chopped

1/2 cup                 Cabbage, chopped

1/2 cup                 Carrot, finely chopped

1/4 cup                 Beans, finely chopped

1/4 cup                 green peas        

1 tbsp                   Water

1 tsp                     Garam masala

1 tbsp                   Soy sauce

2 drops                Vanilla essence

Coriander leaves (Optional)

Salt, to taste

Preparation

Soak the rice for half an hour and transfer to boiling water. Add the cardamom, 1 tsp ghee and enough salt to the water and cook the rice. Drain the water and set aside.

In a pan, heat vegetable oil and fry the medium onion until golden brown and set aside.

In a saucepan, heat ghee and fry cashews and raisins and set aside. In the same ghee, add onion and saute for two minutes. Add ginger garlic paste, green chillies and then vegetables. Cook until the vegetables soften, followed by water and salt. Cover with a lid and leave on a low flame for another two minutes. Then mix in garam masala and soy sauce. Finally combine with rice, fried onion raisins and cashews. Drizzle a little vanilla essence and cover the rice for two minutes on low flame.

(Optional) Throw in a few coriander leaves for an extra flavour. Serve with raita and pappad!

Thank you :)