Indo Chinese - Veg Fried Rice NO MSG ( No Ajinomotto)

On a cloudy rainy day, its not so interesting to make Sambar, Pappu or any kind of regular food with white rice. Wanted to make something different for lunch. Veg Fried Rice always comes to my mind while making a single complete meal for my kids. Whenever I went to restaurants, I never failed to order Veg Fried Rice. Somehow i got attracted to this veg fried rice since my childhood. If you have the right ingredients for this rice, it comes very tasty. Generally I don't add MSG ( Ajinomotto) in any of my Chinese preparations.

Ingredients

Basmathi Rice - 1.5 Cups

Olive Oil - 3 tbsp

Carrots - 1 Small One ( Cut into very small cubes )

Beans - 10 Medium Size ( Cut into very small cubes )

Fresh Peas or frozen peas - 1 Handful

Cabbage - 1 Cup ( Nicely shredded into thin slices )

Green Capsicum - 1 Small One or 1//2 medium size ( Cut into thin slices )

Spring Onions - 5 stems ( Cut into small squares )

Bean Sprouts - 1 Cup

Garlic Pods - 5  ( Nicely cut into thin pieces )

Salt - To Taste

Black Pepper Powder - 1 tbsp

Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp

Method

1. Wash the Basmati Rice and cook it in an electrical cooker or any other cooker. For 1 Cup of Basmati Rice, add 3/4 th of water to it. I added 2.5 cups of water to 1.5 cups of Basmati Rice.
2. On medium heat, in a big round bottomed kadai or Wok, add Olive Oil first.
3. When it gets heated, add the crushed garlic pods. Fry it for a minute.
4. Then, add the spring onions, green capsicum in order and fry them with a pinch of salt for 1-2 minutes.
5. Add carrots, beans, sprouts, peas, cabbage in order and fry them for 2 minutes.
6. Then, cover the kadai with a lid for just 2-3 minutes. Don't add water at any stage into the Wok / Kadai. No water is required in this process.
7. All the veggies get cooked with the steam inside the Kadai / Wok.
8. Take out the lid after 3 minutes and add black pepper powder and fry them for another 4-5 minutes till you see the vegetables cooked and fried three fourth.
9. After that, add the cooked Basmati Rice into the veggie mix. Add required amount of salt to the rice and mix the veggies and rice thoroughly till everything gets mixed. Fry them carefully so that we don't mash the Basmati Rice.
10. Finally add the Soy Sauce to the fried rice and mix them once more and fry the rice for 2 more minutes.
11. Switch off the flame. Now the aroma of the Indo Chinese veg fried rice fills the entire place.
12. Absolutely ready to be served along with a good side of Gobi Manchurian or Veg Balls in Garlic Sauce. ( if you have made some!!!) . If not, I am okay to eat this yummy rice just with tomato ketchup.

Tips

If you make this fried rice using Basmati Rice, it tastes very good than with the normal sona masoori rice.

Don't add too much Soy Sauce or Salt to this fried Rice. I don't add Vinegar to the fried rice..

If everything is added in right proportions and added at the right time, people would ask you from which restaurant you got this rice.