Ingredients
Long grain/Basmati Rice- 2 cup
Tomato - 1 cup Sliced thin
Onion - 1 large sliced thin
Green chillies - 2-3 split
Garlic - 2-3 cloves crushed
Black Pepper Powder-1 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup chopped
Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Salt
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Cooking Oil
Directions
1. Cook the rice with salt according to the package directions. Fluff using a fork and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a wide pan or wok, and splutter mustard seeds,add crushed garlic,split green chillies,and curry leaves and saute for a minute.
3. Now add thinly sliced onion and saute until soft,and then add sliced tomato and saute until it becomes soft and mushy.
4. Add all the powders and saute until its raw smell goes. Now add chopped coriander leaves and mix well
5. Add and mix the cooked rice well with the above masala. Adjust salt.Remove from heat and serve hot with pickle,curd or papad.:)
Ingredients
Boneless chicken - 1 lbs/500 gm,cleaned and cubed
Onion - 1 big,cubed
Capsicum/Green bell pepper - 1/2,cubed
Corn flour - 3 tbsp
Chilly powder - 2 tbsp I used Kashmiri chilly powder)
Green Chillies -3 split
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Ginger - 1 tsp crushed
Garlic - 1 tsp crushed
Coriander leaves/Cilantro - 1/4 cup chopped
Tomato Sauce -2 tbsp
Soya sauce - 1 tsp
Cooking Oil
Salt
Directions
1. Mix 2 1/2 tbsp of corn flour,Chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt together with very little water to make a smooth paste.Marinate the chicken pieces with this and keep it for 30-45 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a deep pan and deep fry the chicken pieces and drain them into paper towel
3. Heat oil in a saute pan,add crushed ginger garlic and split green chillies.Saute for a minute then add cubed onion,bell pepper and saute.
4. When they are soft, add pepper powder and salt.
5. Mix 1/2 tbsp of corn flour,tomato sauce,and soya sauce together. Add this to the onion and saute well. Now add the chopped coriander leaves.
6. Add the fried chicken pieces and mix well with the onion -bell pepper.When everything is mixed well and dried enough switch off the stove
Serve hot with Fried Rice,Chappathi,Veg Biriyani,Porotta etc..
Ingredients
Basmati Rice/Long grained rice - 2 cups
Chicken -boneless- 1/2 cup
Egg - 2
Capsicum - 1/4 cup,chopped
Carrot- 1/4 cup,chopped
Beans - 10 no: or 1/4 cup chopped
Spring onion - 6-8 nos
Pepper powder-1 tbsp+ 1 tsp
Corn flour - 1/2 tsp
Soy sauce- 1 tsp
Salt
Cooking oil
Direction
1. Cook the rice with enough water and salt and allow it to cool.Take care not to overcook.
2. Cook the chicken pieces in water and salt ,and when it is done ,shred it using hands or fork.Mix the chicken pieces with pepper powder and corn flour.Heat oil in a shallow pan and fry this for a few minutes.Keep aside
3. Cut the carrot and capsicum as long thin strips of 1 inch size, slice the beans thinly in elongated pattern.(or cut all vegetables according to your creativity )Cut the lower white portion of spring onion to round slices.Chop the upper green portion separately and keep aside.
4. Beat the egg adding salt and pepper powder and scramble the egg in a shallow pan with enough oil.Keep aside
5. Heat oil in a wide mouthed pan.Add the white spring onion,carrot, beans, capsicum and saute for 3-5 minutes with a little bit of salt until veggies are well fried and cooked .Add shredded chicken and pepper powder.Saute well
6. Now add soy sauce and cooked rice,mix well.Finally add scrambled egg and green spring onion.Mix and saute for 2-3 minutes in medium heat and remove from stove.
Serve hot !!!
Note: 1) You can make egg fried rice with the same recipe,by avoiding chicken pieces
2) Vegetable fried rice can be made by avoiding egg and chicken in the same recipe
