INGREDINETS:
- Basmati rice – 1 cup
- Water - 4 or 6 cups
- Butter – 1 tsp
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Onion, thinly sliced – 1, medium
- Carrot, cut in to 2 inch long, thinly sliced pieces – 1/2 cup
- Green Beans – 1/4 cup (optional)
- Green peas – 1/4 cup (optional)
- Cabbage (cut in to 2 inch long, thin strips) – 1/2 cup
- Chopped Spring onions – 1/4 cup
- Ginger – 1 tsp , finely chopped
- Green Chillies, sliced – 4/5 (optional)
- Garam masala – 2 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Egg, hard boiled – 1 or 2
METHOD:
- Rinse Basmati rice well get rid of excess starch. Rinse it at least three times until the water runs almost clear.
- Place washed rice in a medium sized bowl, and add enough water to completely cover it. Let soak for 15 minutes.
- While your rice is soaking,take 4 or 5 cups of water in a medium sized heavy bottomed vessel or in a large pot and bring it to boil.
- Now you can drain the soaked rice completely, to discard the soaking water.
- Add the drained rice to the boiling water.
- Bring the water back up to a boil, If you need drain the boiled water from rice and add enough clean water again. This will help to reduce starch.
- Bring the rice to boil, uncovered, at medium heat.
- When the rice is cooked enough and Salt , 1 tsp of garam masala and 1 tsp butter and mix well, check for the salt.
- Now drain excess water.
- Now heat oil in a large heavy bottomed vessel or pan and add sliced onion, green chilles, chopped ginger and sauté well till onion become translucent. Then add Cabbage,Carrots, Green peas , Green beans, gram masala powder and salt. Cook it for 5 minutes and sauté well.
- Now add cooked and drained rice to the pan and slowly mix well with the vegetables without breaking the rice grains.
- Transfer the well cooked, tasty spicy Vegetable-Egg Fried Rice to a large shallow bowl or plate.
- Garnish your Vegetable-Egg Fried Rice with spring onion and thinly round slices of hard boiled eggs.
