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vegetable Fried rice

Easy vegetable fried rice

How do you make an easy vegetable fried rice at home but make it taste exactly like you would have in the restaurant? Read my easy and healthy recipe.
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Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian Sri Lankan
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups of cooked turmeric rice
  • ½ cup of diced carrots
  • ½ cup of green Boc choy thinly sliced
  • ½ cup of green bell pepper
  • ½ cup of yellow bell pepper
  • ¼ Boc choy tender stems optional
  • 5 shitake mushrooms sliced thinly
  • ¼ cup of red onion diced
  • 1 clove of garlic finely minced
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoons of soya sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil
  • one teaspoon of fish sauce
  • ¼ tsp crushed black pepper flakes
  • 2 Tablespoon of coconut oil

Method
 

  1. Heat coconut oil in wok on high flame. When the oil starts smoking, fry onions, and carrots.
  2. When the onions are soft and caramelized on the edges and carrots begin to get soft add peppers. Cook for few seconds until just wilted, add diced stems of Boc choy and fry for another few seconds. Add salt and mix well.
  3. Add rice and start tossing vegetables with rice, on high. vegetables will continue to cook while rice will get warm and toasty.
  4. Mix soya sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil together and add to the rice. Toss well to combine. Sprinkle the green shredded leeks on top and mix. turn the heat off.
  5. Soak shitake mushrooms well, drain rinse and squeeze as much water out as possible. Fry sliced shitake mushrooms with a little salt, soy sauce and garlic powder until golden. Garnish the rice with them.
  6. Enjoy with your favorite meat curry and a fried egg. It's good on its own too !

Notes

What is turmeric rice? 
Its simply rice cooked with turmeric and pandan leaves to give extra flavor boost for vegetable fried rice. You could certainly use white basmati rice in its place.
What vegetables to use?
It certainly up to your preference. However, the best vegetable for fried rice is the ones that aren't going to become soggy and slimy when cooked. Also, no strong flavors like kale while making plain vegetable fried rice. 
Be mindful of how much salt you use
Be aware that soy sauce, oyster sauce and fish sauce contain salt in them. Use only a light sprinkle of salt while frying onions and carrots.