Vegetable Fried Rice

“Full-time job and home-maker” - This combination of roles does not have to mean that your cooking is limited to popping a frozen dinner into the microwave. This easy one-pot recipe can be prepared from scratch in less than 30 minutes and your family will wipe their plates clean even faster – Guaranteed!

Ingredients

Vegetable Fried Rice
Carrots - 1 cup cut length wise
Beans - 1 cup cut long
Peas - 1/2 cup frozen
Cauliflower - 1 cup cut into small florets
Green Pepper - 1 cut chopped
Onion - 1 medium thinly sliced
Cinnamon - 4 small sticks
Cloves - 4
Cilantro - 1 cup finely chopped
Garlic - 2 cloves
Ginger - ¼ inch
Green Chilies - 4
Basmati/Long Grain Rice - 1 cup
Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tbsp

Yogurt - Raita
Plain fat free yogurt - 1 cup
Tomato - 1 small finely chopped
Cucumber - 1 small finely chopped
Cilantro - 2 tbsp finely chopped

Directions

• Grind green chilies, garlic, ginger and cilantro in a blender and keep aside
• Heat olive oil in a large pan on medium heat and sauté onion ,cinnamon sticks and cloves until the onions become translucent
• Add the rest of the vegetables and sauté for a couple of minutes.
• Add the ground paste, salt and lemon juice and sauté for a minute
• Add the long grain rice and mix well.
• Add 2 cups of water and let cook with a lid for 10 minutes or till the rice is done.
• To prepare the Raita mix yogurt, tomato, cucumber and cilantro with little salt to taste
• Serve Vegetable Rice with Raita

Servings: 4

Nutrition Fact Source: http://www.nutritiondata.com

Disclaimer: Nutrition Facts are approximate