Chinese Fried Rice

Ingredients :

• Basmati Rice – 2 cups
• Carrots – 2, chopped finely
• French beans – ¼ cup, chopped finely
• Cauliflower – ¼ cup, chopped finely
• Capsicum – ¼ cup, sliced thinly
• Cabbage – ¼ cup, finely chopped
• Green peas- 2 tbsps
• Spring onions – ¼ cup, chopped finely
• Soya sauce – 2 tbsps
• Tomato sauce – 1 tsp
• Ajinomoto- ½ tsp
• Black Pepper powder to taste
• Salt to taste
• Butter – 1 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsps

 Preparation Method :

1.  Wash and soak rice for half an hour.
2. Cook the vegetables 75 % (carrot, French beans, cauliflower, cabbage and peas) in steam.
3. Before switching off add capsicum and spring onions.
4. Cook rice separately and mix butter with a fork and fluff it up.  Keep it aside.
5. Heat a frying pan and add oil in it.
6. Fry the steamed cooked vegetables for a 2-3 minutes.
7. Add tomato sauce, soya sauce, salt and ajinomotto.
8. Now mix the cooked rice thoroughly in the veg mixture.
9. Sprinkle pepper powder and fry it for 2-3 minutes.
10. Serve hot.