Fried Rice
Sindhi Kitchen - Fried Rice - Sindhi Rice Recipes
This is unique Sindhi rice recipe in which, small quantities of cut vegetables which remains unused are used. Along with potato rice is staple sindhi food, at the most of sindhi kitchens rice are cooked at least once in day, hence you will find a good variety & style of rice cooking in sindhi kitchen.
Sindhi – Saving Attitude
Vegetable friend rice is just not a typical sindhi rice recipe but this also indicates the saving attitude of sindhi community as in the large family this happens so many times that a small quantity of uncooked vegetable is left which bound to thrown away or to be used with other fresh quantity, which might result in reducing taste of vegetable. Vegetable fried rice not only save this wastage but also helps in getting a very highly healthy and tasty rice cuisine. Cooking process of Vegetable fried rice is quite easy and takes very less time.
Confusion with Vegetable Pulav
Most people often get confused and think that friend rice and vegetable Pulav are same recipe but both are different. Yes in both vegetables and rice are used but in friend rice we use cut & left little amount remaining to avoid wastage where as for Vegetables of choice are brought specially. In Pulav vegetables & Rice are cooked together where in fried rice previously boiled rice are used.
Sindhi Recipe - Fried Rice - Ingredients
Cooked Rice 1 small bowl (for 2 persons) if you have lesser quantity of boiled (left over ) Rice you need to use quantity of vegetables in accordance.
1/4 cup or whatever quantity is left over each of Carrot and Capsicum, cut into small pieces
Small quantity of chopped cabbage [can use both Patta Gobi and Gul Gobi] or any other non leafy vegetable
2 small onion
Use salt and pepper according to your taste and food habits.
Very small quantity say about 1/2 table spoon of Vinegar and Soya sauce
about 2 table spoon of Tomato ketchup
Some people also use small cubes of fresh tomato.
2 table spoon of oil.
Sindhi Recipe - Fried Rice - Cooking Process
Take 1 table spoon of oil in in fry pan and heat for a while.
Add the chopped vegetable like capsicum, beans, carrot etc and heat for 4-5 minutes.
Add Cabbage and keep on heating for another 2-3 minutes.
Add Sauce, vinegar, chopped onion, Tomato ketchup and chopped fresh tomato.
After heating of 1-2 minute pour this over the cooked rice.
Add remaining 1 table spoon of oil and rice in fry pan, mix them well, on slow flame.
Decorate with chopped green coriander leaves and serve hot.
A very few people also use very fine chopped dry fruits like Cashew Nut for garnishing.
Often served with roasted Papad & Pickles.