Vegetable Fried Rice and Chilly Chicken

                                                                     Eid Mubarak

We celebrated Eid at our Uncle’s place this time. So I didn’t prepare anything special.This time it was ghee rice, Mutton curry, raita and sevaiyaan, all made by aunt :-). The day went on very well with eid prayers, wishing everyone, having a wonderful lunch and so on.

Today’s post is about a vegetable fried rice and chilly chicken which I made a few days ago, and is a perfect combination which can be made on any occasion or even without one :-). This one I made during iftar time. The crispness of vegetables along with the juicy chicken makes this a perfect chinese dish which can be had along with fried rice.

We can also use leftover rice for making the fried rice. Veggies and the rice should not be overcooked, but just make sure that they are crisp.

.Ingredients for Fried Rice:

1. Basmati rice- 2 Cups
2. Water- 4 Cups
3. Carrots, Beans and Cauliflower- 1 Cup
4. Soya Sauce- 1 tbsp
5. Salt- as required
6. Pepper powder- 1 tsp

Method:

1. Wash and drain the rice.
2. Cook the rice with little amount of salt and water, till they turn fluffy and do not stick with each other. Keep this aside.
3. Chop the carrots, beans and cauliflower very finely so that it will cook quickly (I used my hand chopper).
4. Pour oil in a pan and when it is hot add the chopped vegetables and salt and stir for 2 minutes. Add the pepper powder, cooked rice and stir well. In this add the soya sauce and mix.
5. Serve along with your favorite chinese gravy.

Ingredients for Chilly Chicken:

1. Boneless Chicken Pieces- 250 gms
2. Soya Sauce- 1 tbsp
3. Salt- as required
4. Egg- 1 no
5. Corn Flour- 1 tbsp
6. Pepper powder- 1 tsp
7. Onions- 2nos
8. Capsicum- 1 no
9. Garlic ( chopped)- 2 tbsp
10. Tomato sauce- 2 tbsp
11. Corn Flour- 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Mix the chicken pieces, ½ tbsp soya sauce, egg, pepper powder, corn flour and salt in a bowl. keep this aside for around ½ an hour.
2. Heat oil to deep fry and fry the marinated chicken pieces are cooked thorough.
3. Cut the onions and capsicum to big cubes.
4. In a pan heat little oil, add the cubed onions, capsicum and garlic and fry with little salt over high flame. The vegetables should retain its cripsness.
5. Add the lightly fried chicken, soya sauce and tomato sauce. Stir well.
6. Mix corn flour in little water and pour this in the above gravy. Mix well. Boil till it thickens and serve along with fried rice and enjoy.