SPICY FRIED RICE

SPICY FRIED RICE

Ingredients:
500 grms cooked cold rice
1 onion sliced fine
2 pips of garlic minced
1 tbs chillie paste
½ small carrot shredded finely
½ cup cauliflower florets
½ cup sweet peas sliced 1 cm thick
1 small pepper cut into cubes
2 tbs oil
½ tbs light soy sauce
Salt to taste

To garnish:
Fried crispy shallots
Little spring onion sliced
Little fresh red chillie sliced

Method:
Heat oil in a wok, add in the minced garlic.
When there is a good aroma, add in the onions.
Sauté nicely until the onions are brown a bit.
Add in the chillie paste and stir fry well.
Now add in the carrot, cauliflower,pepper and sweet peas.
Give a good stir, add in the soy sauce and a sprinkling of little water.
Now add the cold rice and salt, toss until well seasoned and the rice is well heated through.
Remove and garnish with the shallot crispy,spring onion and sliced red chillies.

Note: For this fried rice, you can add any vegetables of your choice.
You can add thick soy sauce if you want your fried rice to look brown in colour.
Non-vegetarians can add prawns, chicken or squid.
They can also make an omelette , slice it for garnishing.

For an Indian version you can add in pepper powder and garnish with coriander leaves.