CHILLI-GARLIC FRIED RICE
Chili-garlic rice is a flavourful version of fried rice. This wonderful recipe turns simple plain rice into a very unique tasteful dish. Garlic and chilies are sautéed in oil and then mixed with cooked rice to complete this tasty fried rice dish. This chili-garlic rice goes with any Indo-Chinese mix veg curried dish, Manchurian, chili chicken, chili mushroom, etc.
A very easy to make this rice dish requires a few ingredients and cooks in lesser time. To make this dish, the rice is boiled to each grain separated consistency, and finally, a tempering of both red and green chilies and garlic is given to complete the dish. Although the flavours go to a bit spicer side but balance when eaten with other curries. A handful of coriander stems and leaves enhance the taste of this rice dish
On to the easy recipe
Prep Time – 5 minutes
Cook Time – 15 minutes
Ready in – 20 minutes
Course – Main
Author – Bharti Dhawan
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED TO BOIL RICE
• Long grain rice – 1 cup
• Water to rinse rice – as required
• Water to boil rice – 4 cups
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Oil – 1 tsp
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED FOR CHILLI -GARLIC FRIED RICE
• Boiled rice
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Finely chopped garlic – 2 tsp
• Finely chopped green chilies – 1 tsp
• Finely chopped fresh red chilly – 1 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Black pepper powder – 1 tsp
• Chopped coriander stems – 1 tbsp
• Chopped coriander leaves – 1 tbsp
HOW TO BOIL RICE
1- Take a big vessel (saucepan) and add water to boil. Add 1 tsp salt and oil and mix
2- Add washed rice and allow the rice to boil at a high flame
3- It will take 10 minutes to cook the rice up to 98%. Make sure the rice should not turn mushy. When the rice is done, sieve it through a colander and keep it aside
HOW TO MAKE CHILLI-GARLIC FRIED RICE
1- Take a wok or a frying pan and add oil. When oil is heated, add chopped garlic and sauté for a second
2- When garlic is sautéed, add both types of chilies and stir
3- Next, add chopped stems of fresh coriander (these stems increase the flavour of fried rice)
4- Next, add boiled rice and combine
5- Now add salt and black pepper powder
6- Next, add chopped coriander leaves and combine all the ingredients nicely
7 – Tasty chili-garlic fried rice is ready to enjoy with an Indo-Chinese mushroom curry dish
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