Vegetable Fried Rice – No Egg

  We love a good Fried Rice any day. I am always experimenting with new and diverse  types of fried rice all the time. However, I realized that I don’t make a totally Vegetarian Fried Rice too often. One that does not even contain eggs. I was looking for a Veg Fried Rice Recipe  that stood strong next to the Chicken and Mixed Fried Rice that my family is fond of.  I realized that a combination of sauces is needed to give the Vegetarian version the boost to make it flavorsome and moist without adding too much oil. A very tasty recipe. Do try.

Vegetable Fried Rice – No Egg

Ingredients:

• 1 cup basmati – cooked the previous night. Or use leftover rice
• ½ cup beans, chopped
• ½ cup carrot, diced
• ½ cup cabbage, sliced to large shreds
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp spring onion bulbs sliced and the leaves reserved for garnish
• 1 Tbsp GREEN chilli sauce
• ½ Tbsp DARK soya sauce + ½ Tbsp LIGHT soya sauce mixture
• 1 Tbsp oil – sunflower oil
• salt to taste
• a dash of WHITE pepper powder

Method:

•  You can use left over long grain or basmati rice if you have that on hand.
• OR – If you are planning on making Fried Rice – it’s best to cook the rice the night before. (Day old Cold rice always makes a better fried rice. The grains get separated and glossed as they are fried better without getting mushy or soaked in oil).

To prepare the rice for cooking fried rice:

• Rinse the rice thoroughly to remove any starch. Drain.
• For 1 cup of Rice (drained) add 2 ¹⁄8 cups of water.  add to  the smallest pan or pot you have with a lid.
• Bring to boil on the smallest burner on you stove.
• As soon as the water boils, cover and reduce heat to a very low flame.
• Cook, covered for 12 minutes – 15 minutes – varies depening on heat source and diameter of pan.
• The water should have run dry. Check by increasing heat  for a moment. You should hear a light crackling sound that indicated the water has run dry from the bottom. The rice should not look wet on the surface at all either.
• Allow to cool briefly and then place in the fridge, in the same pan if possible and chill till the next day.

To make the Vegetable Fried Rice:

• Before Starting, fluff up the rice with a fork to separate each grain and remove any lumps. Do so gently to avoid mashing the rice and breaking the cooked grains.
• Heat oil in a well seasoned wok.
• Allow the  wok to get really hot – like smoking.
• Quickly add and toss the spring onion bulbs and garlic.
• Before the garlic changes color, quickly add the green  beans and carrot.
• Toss well on continuous high heat for under a minute, just until the vegetables are tender.
• Bring the wok back to a high temperature. Add the fluffed up rice and toss well to coat the rice grains with the oil  and vegetables.
• Also add the sauces and toss to evenly distribute the sauces through the rice.
• Add the cabbage and spring onion greens towards the end so that the tender leaves do not get overly wilted.
• Add a dash or two of White Pepper Powder. (I find white pepper powder is better for Vegetable Fried Rice).
• After tasting for seasoning – Also add a little salt or other seasoning sauce.
• Vegetable Fried Rice is best served nice and hot!

Vegetable Fried Rice – No Egg

Try it and let us know – Vegetable Fried Rice – No Egg .