VEGETABLE FRIED RICE:

Preparation & Cooking time – 1 hr

Serves -2 persons

Cuisine: Andhra

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 200 gms.

Water - 2 cups.

Beans - 50 gms(cut into small pieces)

Capsicum – 1(cut into small pieces)

Potato -1(cut into small pieces)

grated Carrot - 1

oil - 2 tbsps.

Cloves-4 or 5

Cardamom - 4 or 5

mint -little(optional)

Biryani leaves - 2

Green chillis – 2 (cut into small pieces)

onion - 1(small)(slice thinly)

Ginger - garlic paste -1 or 2 tsp

meal maker -15(optional)(soak them in water for 1/2 hr then remove water from them with hand )

Shahjeera -1tsp

Coriander leaves for garnishing.

Cashew nuts – 5 or 6

Half lemon juice.

How to make:

1.First of all wash the raw rice in clean water and drain the water.

2.Add 2 cups of water to the 1 cup of rice and cook in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes.

3.Keep the cooked rice aside.

4.Chop all the vegetables like beans ,green chillis,capsicum,potato,carrot,onion into small thin pieces.

5.Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and keep it aside.

6.Fry the chopped vegetables with oil,salt,biryani leaves and the shahjeera ,cloves ,cardamom,ginger -garlic paste,mint ,meal maker in a pan for 10 minutes.

7.Now,add the cooked rice to the same pan and fry for 2 minutes and mix well.

8.Now add lemon juice and garnish with fried cashew nuts and coriander leaves.