What do you do with left over rice and meatless Monday’s? Well make vegetarian fried rice of course. Quick, easy and super tasty. This recipe serves about 4 people.
Ingredients
3 cups left over cold cooked rice
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup frozen peas
1 red chilli, deseeded and grated
3 cloves garlic, grated
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
2 eggs
2 tbsp canola or sunflower oil
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1/4 cup chives or spring onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
pickled green chilli to serve
Method
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a wok and fry the chilli, garlic and ginger for 2 minutes. Next add your green pepper, carrot and onion and fry for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside. Whisk the eggs together with some salt and pepper and fry in the wok with some oil until you have scrambled eggs. Once the eggs are cooked add the cooked vegetables and add 1 tbsp of the soy sauce. Stir for 1 minute. Now add all the remaining ingredients and stir while frying for 5 – 7 minutes or until the peas are cooked and the rice is nicely coated with the sauce. Serve warm with some pickled green chillies on the side and enjoy.
Cooking with Lindi 