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| Chinese Prawn-Egg Fried Rice |
A Prawn fried rice mixed with fried egg that I prepared as a part of the “Chinese” Lunch we had at our home on a Sunday.
Serves: 3
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients:
- Rice: 200 gms.
- Egg: 4.
- Small Prawns: 150 gms.
- Beans: 50 gms.Cut into very small slices.
- Green Bell Pepper(Capsicum):A medium sized one weighing around 75 gms.Cut into very small slices
- Carrot:50 gms.Cut into very small slices.
- Green Chillies: 3.Cut into very small slices
- Soya Sauce: 3 tsp
- Ajinomoto: 1/2 tsp
- White Pepper: 6-8 nos.Crushed
- Black pepper Powder: 1/2 tsp
- Vegetable Oil: 4 tbsp
- Salt: To taste
Preparation:
Rice:
- Soak the rice in water for 30 mins.
- Prepare rice like it is normally done.Spread it on plates in the open air so that the remaining moisture is vapourized and the rice becomes dry.
Vegetables:
- Boil the beans and carrot in some water for 2 mins and then dry the veggies.
Egg:
- Heat 3 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok.
- Beat the eggs lightly and add salt to taste.
- Fry the eggs so that they become a bhurji.
Prawn:
- Heat 3 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok.
- Under low heat,stir fry the prawns in the oil for 5-6 mins.
- Sprinkle 1.5 tsp of soya sauce and some salt to taste.
- Further fry the prawns for a couple of mins, after
Cooking:
- Heat 4 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok.
- In it add the crushed white pepper and wait till the fragnance evolves.
- Add the cooked rice to the wok.
- Under low heat – stir the rice for sometime(2 mins)
- Then add the capsicum,beans and carrot pieces to the rice.Further to it, add the fried egg and prawns.
- Stir the ingredients for another couple of mins.
- Then add the soya sauce,sprinkle the ajinomoto,black pepper powder and salt over the rice.
- Stir for 5 mins and ensure that the mixture is homogenous.
- Once the mixture tastes homogenous, let the rice rest on the wok under low heat for a further 10 mins.This should ensure a uniform taste to the fried rice.
