Monday 1 July 2013

Schezuan Fried Rice

Schezuan Fried Rice





Back after a break, we decided to try out something we have never made before. The flavor of Schezuan fish/chicken that we used to have from our favourite Chinese restaurants had us think of trying it. So here we are with this interesting fried rice recipe. It is simple, tasty and spizzzyyy…..

Ingredients for Schezuan sauce:
1.      Dry red chillies            12 nos.
2.      Vinegar                       ¼ cup
3.      Ginger                         20g
4.      Garlic                          25g
5.      Soya sauce                  1 tbsp
6.      Tomato Ketchup          1 tbsp
7.      Pepper powder            2 tsp
8.      Salt                              2 tsp
9.      Vegetable Oil              1 tbsp
10.  Water                           ¼ cup
Method of preparation of sauce
1.      Soak dry red chillies in vinegar for an hour. Remove the seeds and grind it into a smooth paste.
2.      Heat oil in a wok or a frying pan and sauté ginger and garlic for few minutes until raw smell goes.
3.      Add the red chilli paste to the above and simmer on low flame till the oil begins to separate from the paste.
4.      Add pepper powder, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and salt and sauté for another minute.
  1. Then add water and simmer for 3-5 minutes until it reaches sauce consistency.



Ingredients

1.       Basmati rice                          1 cup
2.      Carrot                                     60g
3.      Onion                                     120g
4.      Cabbage                                 60g
5.      Capsicum                               50g
6.      Spring onion                           2 sprigs
7.      Salt                                         to taste
8.      Olive oil                                  2 tbsp
           
Method of preparation of rice
1.      Soak basmati rice in water for half an hour, and then drain away the water.  Add the washed rice into cooking vessel and cook the rice into separate grains.
2.      Heat a pan and sauté oil, carrot, cabbage till they are half cooked and crunchy.
3.      Add 2 tbsps of Schezuan sauce and sauté for another few minutes.
4.      Add salt and spring onion and mix well.
5.      Finally add cooked rice, fry for a minute and remove from fire.
Serves 3
Nutritional Information:

1 serving of the schezuan rice gives 5.68 g of protein, 10.46 g of fat, 60.4 g of carbohydrates, 356.7 Kcal of Energy, 49.2 mg of calcium and 1 mg of iron.

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