Fried Rice

Rich Rice

Personally I am a big fan of parboiled rice, but it’ll work with basmati, or any other rice you prefer. Just make sure that you boil it with a little less water than normal. You want your rice done, but on the dry side. I like to work with a mild curry mix for this one, but you can pick whichever mix you prefer. If you’re into spicy, go for spicy, if you like mild, go for mild. Have fun with it. If it is a little more spicy than expected, serve with fresh cottage cheese, or yogurt with a little of dried cumin and coriander powder through it.

Nutty Fried Rice

 

2-4 persons

Rice: boiled. 500-750 gr. (3-4 big mugs)

Onion: 1 mid size. Chopped

Garlic: 1-2 cloves. Minced.

Coconut shavings: 2 tablesp.

Mustard seeds: 1 tablesp.

Peanuts: 4 tablesp. Chopped

Peanut butter: 2 tablesp. (Optional)

Milk: ¼ cup (only if you use the peanut butter)

Olive oil: 3-4 tablesp.

Parsley: 1 teasp. (dried. If fresh, 1 tablesp.)

Sugar: 1 teasp.

Salt: 1-2 teasp. (to taste)

Pepper: 2-4 turns. (2-4 knife points)

Curry mix: 1-2 tablesp.

Sweet chili sauce: 2 tablesp. (Optional)

Sweet soy sauce: 2 tablsp. (Optional)

Heat your olive oil in a wok or big skillet, with your mustard seeds in them. Mid heat, low if you’re afraid it gets too hot too fast. Add the garlic. Stir. Then your spices (curry mix) coconut shavings, and peanuts. Bake for a few minutes, until your mustard seeds start to pop (a little like popcorn). Add your onion. Keep stirring and increase the heat a little if you feel it is not baking properly. Wait until your onions are nice and yellow from the spices before you add, pepper, salt and sugar.

Toss your rice (rinsing it before use will make the grains less sticky) on top and start stirring it all together until it’s all equally yellow.

If you opted for the chili sauce or soy sauce, or both, now is the time to add it.

Same goes for the peanut butter and milk. Open up the center of your rice until you see the bottom. Drop in the peanut butter and milk and start stirring that center, gradually pulling in more and more rice until it is all equally dispersed.

Bake it all a little longer…small crusts make it even better…and then serve with vegetable(s) of choice.