Name: Egg Fried Rice - Indian Chinese style
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1.5 cups rice (short grained); 5 large 1 tbsps eggs salt pepper (+ + + oil); 2 tbsps cooking oil; 4 cloves garlic (, finely chopped); 2 tsps ginger (grated); 3 - 4 chillies (green or red); 1 cup cabbage (finely chopped); 1 carrot (, finely chopped); 1 onion (, finely chopped); 4 tbsps soy sauce; 2 tbsps rice vinegar

Egg fried rice is one recipe for which you can actually ensure that there’s a box full of leftover rice sitting in the refrigerator. Finely chop a bunch of vegetables, scramble a few eggs and you have a wholesome meal ready in minutes. A couple of days ago, I read about Amanda Cohen’s Secret Weapon Stir Fry sauce, and the next time I make fried rice, I am going to make sure that I try it out with this green flavour bomb. These cubes comprise of ginger, garlic, spinach, Thai basil, coriander and parsley all blended up and frozen in ice-trays. I love freezing pesto, pasta sauce, veggie mixes and even Kootu masalain the shape of ice cubes, store away in ziploc bags and preparing weeknight meals is just so simple.

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Egg fried rice is also a super quick lunchbox recipe. The protein from the eggs balance out the carbs in the rice, and there’s always the scope of adding lots of veggies into the box via this dish. When I’m in a rush, I usually use the chopper that helps me finely chop the carrots, onions, cabbage and any other vegetables to a fine dice in just a couple of minutes, which makes this a super quick dish.

Indo-Chinese Menu

Lemon Coriander Soup

Tofu Chilli Stir Fry

Recipe for Basic Egg Fried Rice

Prep time: 15 mins | Cooking time: under 30 minutes | Serves 2-4

Equipment Required

Pressure cooker or Rice cooker to cook rice

Vegetable chopper

Cast Iron / Stainless steel and Non-stick pan

Egg Fried Rice - Indian Chinese style

Egg fried rice is one recipe for which you can actually ensure that there's a box full of leftover rice sitting in the refrigerator. Finely chop a bunch of vegetables, scramble a few eggs and you have a wholesome meal ready in minutes.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine indo chinese

Servings 3 servings

Ingredients

1.5 cups rice short grained
5 large 1 tbsps eggs salt pepper + + + oil
2 tbsps cooking oil
4 cloves garlic , finely chopped
2 tsps ginger grated
3 - 4 chillies green or red
1 cup cabbage finely chopped
1 carrot , finely chopped
1 onion , finely chopped
4 tbsps soy sauce
2 tbsps rice vinegar

Instructions

PREPARING THE RICE

Leftover rice works best for fried rice. You can cook rice the previous day, refrigerate and prepare fried rice the next day.
To cook rice fresh, wash the rice well and pressure cook with scant 3 cups water for two whistles. Switch off the flame and allow cooker to cool. Remove the rice from the vessel onto a wide plate or bowl and cool well, fluff with a fork and keep aside.

PREPARING THE EGGS

Break the eggs in a bowl and beat to combine whites and yolks.
Season with salt and pepper.
Grease a non stick pan with oil and place on medium heat. Once pan is hot, add the beaten eggs and scramble.
Don't make this too dry. Break into small sized chunks and keep aside.

ASSEMBLING THE FRIED RICE

In a large wok, heat the oil.
Add the ginger, garlic, chillies.
Saute on high heat for few seconds.
Add the finely chopped vegetables and keep stirring on high heat for 2-3 minutes. You don't want them to lose their crunch.
To this add the cooked and cooled rice, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and toss well with a sharp steel spatula so that the rice is not mushed up.
Add the scrambled eggs, toss well, remove from flame and garnish with finely chopped coriander.

Notes

TIPS:

You can even use brown rice for this to make it somewhat healthier. Cook and cool the brown rice well before proceeding with the recipe

You can also add finely chopped mushrooms, corn, capsicum to the veggie mix

This recipe is part of the endeavor to create a collection of recipes of Indian Chinese Recipes in collaboration with a few bloggers who share the same passion of cooking. All the recipes from #thekitchendivas are pinned on this Pinterest board.

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