Vegetable Fried Rice (Indian Style, without soy sauce)

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Bachelor recipe, easy fried rice recipe, Fried Rice, fried rice without soy sauce, Indian bachelor recipe, Indian Style Vegetable Fried rice, Soy sauce free fried rice, Vegetable Fried Rice

When I get loads of veggies, on Sunday I opt for vegetable fried rice. My hubby would not want to use soy sauce. So here is a very interesting version with the usage of vinegar. It tastes awesome. My hubby gave me this recipe. We both love it. Hope you will also enjoy this.

Ingredients:

Rice : 2 cups

Onion : 1/2 of a large finely chopped (yellow onions will go great)

Carrot : 2 small

Beans : 10 numbers

Green Bell Pepper/Capsicum : 1/2

Cauliflower : 4 to 5 florets

Peas: 2 to 3 tablespoons (I use frozen)

Spring Onion : 1 strand

Apple Cider Vinegar : 6 tablespoons (Normal vinegar would also work)

Salt : as required

Black Pepper Powder : 1 tablespoon

Oil : 2.5 tablespoons

Cinnamon Stick : 1 small

Bay Leaf :2

Cloves :2

Cumin Seeds : 1/2 teaspoon

Method:

• Chop all the vegetables to small pieces.
• Cook rice and set aside.
• Heat oil in a large pan. When hot add cinnamon sticks, bay leaf, cloves, cumin seeds.
• When they crackle, add onion, saute for 2 mins.
• Next add carrot, beans and saute for 2 to 3 mins.
• Add bell pepper now, saute for another 2 mins.
• Finally add cauliflower, frozen peas saute it. Mix black pepper powder, salt.
• Now add vinegar and mix. Let all the veggies cook. Finally add the spring onions cook for 2 mins.
• Once all the veggies are cooked. Reduce the heat to low.
• Mix the cooked rice.
• Once all the veggies and rice gets mixed, check for salt. If needed add more and mix.

Serve hot 🙂 I like it simple raita, you can also make gobi manchurian.

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Potato Fry/ Urulai Poriyal

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Bachelor recipe, Indian bachelor recipe, Indian Style Potato Fry, Potato Fry, Urulai Kilangu varuval, Urulai Poriyal

We all love potatoes, who doesn’t 😛 . This is an universal recipe in many Indian families. Quick and easy to make. It is not there in my blog yet. So I thought why not take some pictures one day when i prepared. So here it is. There is one secret ingredient which brings more taste to this dish. I got to know from my dear friend Vidya @ Traditionally Modern Food. It gives crispy and tasty potato Fry.

Ingredients:

Potato: 2 to 3 medium
Oil : as required to fry
Mustard seeds: 1/4 teaspoon
Urad dal: 1/4 teaspoon
Cumin Seeds: 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves : few
Rice floor: 1 tablespoon
Salt : as required
Turmeric powder: a generous pinch

Method:

• Slice potatoes to small pieces. Put the sliced pieces in water to avoid getting dark.
• Heat oil in a pan, when hot add mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds.
• When they crackle, add curry leaves. Once they splutter add the sliced potatoes by draining the water.
• Saute for 3 to 4 mins.
• Next add the rice flour, turmeric powder, salt.
• Mix well and let it cook. If needed sprinkle water and cook.
• Once done, stop and serve.

Rice flour gives crispiness and an excellent taste. It can totally be avoided in case you don’t want to use.

Simple Cabbage Fry/ Muttaikose poriyal

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Cabbage fry, Cabbage stir fry, Indian bachelor recipe, Muttaikose poriyal, muttaikose simple recipe

This is a recipe for my bachelor friends who have been asking me to give simple recipes for them 🙂 A quick and simple recipe to pack for lunch. Just by name don’t worry that its going have lots of oil 😛 NO I just used 1/2 a teaspoon of oil for this.

Ingredients:

Cabbage : 15 to 20 leaves ( chopped fine)

Onions : 1/4 of a large

Green Chili : 2

Unsweetened Shredded Coconut : 1 tablespoon (optional)

Turmeric Powder : a pinch (optional)

Salt : 1/4 teaspoon

To Temper:

Oil : 1/2 teaspoon

Mustard Seeds : 1/4 teaspoon

Urad dal : 1/4 teaspoon

Channa dal : 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin seeds : 1/4 teaspoon

Curry Leaves : Few

Method:

• Throw the chopped cabbage in a pan, add 1 tablespoon of water(not more than that).
• Add a pinch of salt to this and heat it at high for 3 to 4 mins.
• Cabbage would shrink and get boiled, no more water would not be left. Cool and set aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add items in to temper.
• Next add onions, green chili. Let it turn translucent. Add 1/8 teaspoon salt to this and mix.
• Add turmeric powder if using.
• Add the boiled cabbage mix well. As cabbage is already cooked, just mixing well is enough.
• Stop in just 2 to 3 mins, add the coconut if using.

A very easy and a fast recipe, just would take around 10 to 15 mins totally.