Sunday, May 13

Mixed Prawns Fried Rice

Ingredients needed for the Prawn Fried Rice:
1 cup cleaned and deveined prawns

2 cups Basmathi Rice
1/2 cup carrots chopped
1/2 cup chopped Beans
1/2 cup fresh shelled  Green peas
1/2 cup chopped Onion
3 flakes Garlic
2 tbsps chopped coriander  leaves
1 tsp Soya sauce
4 cloves
2" pieces Cinnamon
3 Cardamom
1/4 tsp Saunf/ fennel seeds
Salt to taste
oil or ghee as per taste

How to prepare Prawns Fried Rice:
Wash, clean and devein the prawns. Apply salt and soya sauce, keep aside for 15 minutes. Cook them separately and keep aside.
Steam the chopped vegetables, carrot, beans and green peas together .
Wash and soak basmathi rice for half an hour . Drain.
Heat oil in a pan, add the whole spices and saute for a minute.
Add the drained rice and stir well so that the rice gets coated with the oil nicely and also it should get hot to the touch.
Add salt to taste and enough water to cook the rice ( 1cup rice :1 1/2 cups water), that is about three cups. Remove when the rice is done .
Heat 2 tsps of oil in a kadaai. Saute onions, garlic . when they are golden, add the steamed vegetables. Mix well and add the cooked prawns. Stir till the vegetables and the prawns look glossy, remove and mix well with the fried rice.
Decorate with coriander leaves and serve with a spicy gravy or roast.

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