Fried Rice

My first experience with fried rice was when I invited my friends home just after our exams were over. My mom made this rice along with paneer masala. That day I remember so well because we all loved it so much. I must thank my mom because it was nice of her to prepare this, chapati, and many other dishes for about 10 of my friends. We relished it so much. It was a great treat to all of us. We finished our last exam and it was Geography (I hate this subject even now. I scored so less in all my geography exams ;-) ) We were already so hungry by the time we came home. We hogged this dish and after that we had kheer as desert. I have been preparing this dish often as I found from my mom that it was such an easy dish. She told me that secret much later ;-) Of course she added spring onions to it . I dint have that. So prepared a simple fried rice.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 1 cup
Mixed vegetables - 1 cup ( Carrots, beans, potato )
Onion - 1/2 chopped fine
soy sauce - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Ghee / Clarified Butter - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Bay leaf - 2 leaves
Cloves - 4
Garlic - 2 pods mashed mildly

Preparation:

In a pan heat 1 tsp ghee and fry basmati rice until the moisture is completely absorbed. Cook it in 1: 1.75 water ratio and keep aside. 

In a pan heat oil and ghee. Add bay leaf, cloves and garlic. Fry until garlic turns brown. Remove all these from oil and throw them. 

Add onion and saute for about one min. Now add all vegetables and fry in the steam. The vegetables should get cooked in the steam. When 90% cooked, salt and mix well.

Now add rice and mix well till vegetables and rice blends well. Add a tbsp soy sauce and mix well for few seconds. 

If you have spring onions, sprinkle at the end and remove from heat. I dint have it. So couldn't add it.

Fried Rice is ready so quickly.  You can serve it with Paneer masala or any other gravy. 

See you soon with Paneer Masala...