Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice
Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice is one of the easiest vegetarian dishes prepared with basmati rice and a choice of healthy vegetables. No soy sauce is used in Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice and hence different from Indo-Chinese dishes. The dish is unique and traditional with fried Basmati rice cooked with a variety of chopped veggies and garnished with aromatic ingredients. Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice is best enjoyed with Gobi Manchurian. Non-vegetarians can opt for chicken dishes or any other spicy gravy of your choice. You can explore a well detailed Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice here.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Basmati rice
- Ghee/Butter to fry
- Vegetables:
- 1/4 cup Carrot, Beans, Green peas carrot & beans cut to 1/2 inch long pieces
- 10 nos Raisins & Cashews
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
- 1/4 of Onion – 2 nos(chopped lengthwise large
- 4 nos Green chillies – 3 chopped lengthwise
- 1/2 tsp Lemon juice
- Water to boil the rice
- Coriander leaves Few, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp Oil – 2
- Salt As reqd
Instructions
- For preparing Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice, first wash the rice and spread it out to let the water drain.
- Pour ghee into a hot kadai.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and rice and fry it. Keep the fried rice aside.
- :- The mixture of ginger garlic and Basmati rice smells very good!
- Add oil to a pan and fry 3/4 of the chopped onions and green chillies.
- Add garam masala and vegetables also and stir fry.
- Once they are half cooked, add the rice that was kept aside and add 2 cups of water.
- Close the container and let the rice and vegetables cook together.
- Heat some ghee in a kadai.
- Fry the raisins and cashews and keep aside.
- Fry the rest of the onions to crisp.
- :- It will become dark brown in colour.
- After the rice is cooked, pour lemon juice and mix.
- Transfer the kerala style fried rice to a serving bowl and decorate with fried onions, raisins and cashews and the chopped coriander leaves on top.
- :- Making Time of Kerala style vegetable fried rice : 25-30 mins.
- :- Serve the vegetable fried rice with raitha, papad, and lemon pickle to vegetarians. Add with boiled egg or chicken curry for the non-vegetarians.
- :- Enjoy Kerala Style Vegetable Fried Rice with Vegetable Manchurian, an apt choice.
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