Name: Restaurant Style Egg Fried Rice recipe by Zeenath Fathima at BetterButter
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Uncooked rice 3 cups; FOR THE FRIED RICE...; Beans chopped 1 cup; Carrot chopped 1 cup; Capsicum chopped 1 cup; Spring onion chopped 1 cup; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 5-6 garlic cloves ; chopped; 2 tbsp pepper powder; 5 tbsp oil; 1 star anise (optional); 2 strands of mace (optional); Salt to taste; FOR THE EGG SCRAMBLE...; Eggs large 5; Blackpepper powder 1 tsp; Salt 1 tsp; oil 2 tbsp; For Garnishing...; Chopped green part of spring onions 1/2 cup

ABOUT Restaurant Style Egg Fried Rice RECIPE

Egg fried is one of those really easy and simple recipes that requires a couple of ingredients and just a few minutes . This recipe is similar to that of veg fried rice. Using star anise,mace and garlic add great flavours to the rice that we often find in restaurant style rice . You can even use just vinegar in place of soy sauce . You can even add chilli or tomato sauce as desired . One very important thing to keep in mind is that the rice should be 'al dente' . The rice should be firm and not mushy . This is the important criteria for any fried rice recipe.

Ingredients Serving: 5

Uncooked rice 3 cups
FOR THE FRIED RICE...
Beans chopped 1 cup
Carrot chopped 1 cup
Capsicum chopped 1 cup
Spring onion chopped 1 cup
1 tbsp Vinegar
3 tbsp soy sauce
5-6 garlic cloves ; chopped
2 tbsp pepper powder
5 tbsp oil
1 star anise (optional)
2 strands of mace (optional)
Salt to taste
FOR THE EGG SCRAMBLE...
Eggs large 5
Blackpepper powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
oil 2 tbsp
For Garnishing...
Chopped green part of spring onions 1/2 cup

Instructions

Boil the water with a pinch of salt . Add the rice and cook them till 'al dente' . This is a very important criteria . Too crucial .
After draining , set the rice aside .
Cut all the veggies up and set them aside .
Heat the oil in a pan . Add the star anice , mace and chopped garlic . Let the garlic turn brown in colour on a high flame for 3-4 minutes .
Next add the chopped veggies , whites of spring onions and mix well again . Reduce the flame to low .
After a minute , add in soy sauce , pepper powder and vinegar and mix again . Let it simmer for a minute . And finally set them aside . It's crucial that the veggies maintain their crunch .
FOR THE EGG SCRAMBLE :
Heat up the oil in a pan .
Crack the eggs in a bowl . Whisk them with pepper powder and salt .
Add them to the heated oil in a pan and scramble till thoroughly cooked.
FOR THE EGG FRIED RICE :
Add in the veggies and eggs to the cooked rice .
Mix well and make sure nothing is mushy.
Garnish it with spring onions . Serve hot with any manchurian dish . I served with chicken manchurian . You can even serve with any side of your choice.

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