Vegetable fried rice recipe, a quick fast food one pot dish can be easily prepared at home in easy steps. Learn how to make with step by step pictures.
The thing I like about Fried rice is the flavour. My hubby also love that very much. This is my fried rice recipe I am loving, which I am hooked, after so many attempts. I prefer and recommend using olive oil, as it better for health. Fried rice needs good amount of oil to get the perfect result. Any oil would work if generously added. If you do not like olive oil flavour, you can use sesame oil next best. Sunflower oil and peanut oil works too.
The unique flavour that fried rice have comes from the tossing in high flame. When the things in the wok catch fire in high flame, it lends a great flavour. At home, this is not possible with the small burner we have, still try to cook in high flame. Do not let the vegetables cook soft. The total cooking time should be under 10 mins with cooked rice in hands.
For getting perfect rice for fried rice:
Choose any rice, be it basmati rice, fragrant rice or even sona masuri. Just cook it with less water to get separate grains. For basmati, Soak for 10 mins minimum. 1 cup of rice can be cooked with 1 & ½ cups water for 3 whistles in medium flame after first whistle. For sona masuri cook 1 cup of rice with 2 cups water for 3 whistles in medium flame. Once done, add 2 teaspoon oil and a sprinkle of salt and cool down.
You can refrigerate it for perfect grains to use in fried rice.
Vegetable fried rice recipe
Equipments (Amazon Affiliate links)
- Wok
- chopping board
- knife
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 & ½ cup Basmati rice
- 1 cup Cabbage chopped
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Capsicum small
- 6 Spring onion sprigs
- 1 teaspoon crushed black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon Ajinomoto optional
- Salt - As needed
- 4 tablespoon Olive oil or any cooking oil
Instructions
- Soak basmati rice for 10 mins and cook rice with 3 cups water. Cool and make the grains separate. You can keep refrigerated for best results. Or you can even use leftover rice (4 cups cooked rice).
- Cut the veggies as long thin strips as shown in the picture. Chop the base white part of spring onion and the green part separately.
- Edited to Add: This is the way I julienne the carrots.Hope it is clear to understand. First cut into thin slices as shown in picture, then stack the slices and cut into julienne.
- Heat a broad pan in high flame with oil. First add the white part of the spring onion and then carrot, cabbage and capsicum,in order one by one,frying each for 30 secs. (add ajinomoto at this stage,if wanted)
- Lastly add the pepper and soya sauce and give it a stir. Add the spring onion green part and give it a stir. All the process has to be done in high flame.
- Add the cooled rice along with salt and mix well. Toss all together until you hear rice crackling sound.
Notes
- I used freshly crushed black pepper powder, you can substitute with white pepper powder. Use ½ teaspoon for this recipe if using pepper powder.
- Don't over fry the veggies,retain its colour and crunchiness.
- Be liberal in adding oil. Always eat hot.
Vegetable fried rice method:
- Soak basmati rice for 10 mins and cook rice with 3 cups water. Cool and make the grains separate. You can keep refrigerated for best results. Or you can even use leftover rice (4 cups cooked rice).
- Cut the veggies as long thin strips as shown in the picture. Chop the base white part of spring onion and the green part separately.
- Edited to Add: This is the way I julienne the carrots.Hope it is clear to understand. First cut into thin slices as shown in picture, then stack the slices and cut into julienne.
- Heat a broad pan in high flame with oil. First add the white part of the spring onion and then carrot, cabbage and capsicum,in order one by one,frying each for 30 secs. (add ajinomoto at this stage,if wanted)
- Lastly add the pepper and soya sauce and give it a stir. Add the spring onion green part and give it a stir. All the process has to be done in high flame.
- Add the cooled rice along with salt and mix well. Toss all together until you hear rice crackling sound.
I prefer this to serve with any kind of Manchurian side dish!
Mahimaa's kitchen
yum yum yum. love fried rice. looks very colorful and tempting 🙂
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow fried rice luks so colourfull and delicious...Love the pics.
notyet100
looks so delicious,..feel like havin this now,..
jeyashrisuresh
very colourful fried rice. i too prepare this in the same way. love to have this anytime.gorgeous clicks
Sharmilee! :)
Wow perfect looking fried...lovely clicks!!
Mahi
nice fried rice raji.photos are cute n clear!
srividhya Ravikumar
wow..what a colourful rice...delicious
Shanthi
MY SONS LOVE THIS WITH GOBI OR MUSHROOM MANCHURIAN. WONDERFUL POST. RAKS...YOU R ROCKING
Saraswathi Iyer
Hi Raks pics are so beautiful and tempting. I just love it.
Priti
Looks delish...nice pics dear
DEESHA
lovely fried rice, Raks. Nice pics
Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)
looks yum ,delicious and mouthwatering....wonderful pics...
Happy Cook
I have never added so much peper in fred rice, love the idea, will try it next time.
Prathibha
looks really appetizing...my fav one...I lov eto have it with gobi manchurian gravy..Love the long grains of basmati..It actually looked like broken noodles to me in the 1st look..he he
Pavithra Srihari
super it looks .. I like that 2 different length stalks used for presentation it looks very cute ... I have never tried with olive oil , should try it hmmm.. looks very yummy da
Nags
that looks gorgeous!! question: how did you cut the veg like that?
RAKS KITCHEN
You are good at questions,Nags
Ans: With my IKEA SLITBAR knife 🙂
Nags
that's awesome Raks. Very pretty! I thought u used something like a mandoline. can u share this knife for Meet My Kitchen Things? 😀 I would love to showcase that and ur pic of the veggies. can?
Chitra
Nice pics.i love tat bowl... Drooling over the fried rice 😉
Jay
Dear Raks,
I love your recipes...always dooable and tasty...!
The color of clicks rocks..!
srikars kitchen
Looks perfect & delicious..nice clicks..
Home Cooked Oriya Food
yummy rice... love the combination of veggies and colors of them too...
RAKS KITCHEN
Nags,sure I will send it next week 🙂
GEETHA ACHAL
U had cut the veggies really fine...So nice...I too want to cut it that way...I love fried rice all time...Thanks..Next time sure make a try with olive oil...
Vanamala Hebbar
Nice rice....so colorful..btw i like ur header
Sailaja Damodaran
Super click.............
Shabitha Karthikeyan
Looks so delicious Raji !!! As all have commented simply loved the way you cut the vegetables. I love peppery fried rice and I'm drooling over the pics !!
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
wow, look at that wonderful color, beautiful presentation !!!
Pavithra
MY very fav and I too exactly make the same way , and with extra white pepper and dash of chilli vinegar..Looks so good and tempting raji.. Delicious.
Priya
My all time fav..beautiful clicks..
Neha
looks so perfect..I love rice with vegetables,,yours look soooo delicious
Santosh Bangar
hi rice are looking so fabulous and attractive.i think if i get it i eat all. very nutritious
SpicyTasty
Rice looks wonderful.
NIDHYA
Fried rice looks tempting and colorful.
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Bharathy
Loving it!! :)..and also you have cut the veggies so beautifully!!
jayasree
Veggies are well chopped. Colorful and very inviting frid rice.
vidhas
Yummy fried rice, wish i can grab the bowl. Asesome click asusual :-), an award is waiting.
Sadhana
Wow!!! What a perfect and delicious rice dear. I love the way u presented it. Pics are inviting...
Santosh Bangar
hi Rajeswari
THANKS u hahe wonderful space very nice pic. I admire ur blog
Sushma Mallya
I love fried rice too and yours look so professional raks...very beautiful clicks...
aipi
Fried rice is my fav too..looks perfect n so colorful..loving it!!
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rv
I love how you have chopped your veggies neatly. Thumbs up.
Ramya Vijaykumar
Yummy delectable and rich with veggies!!!
kothiyavunu.com
Very delicious. Oh! I feel like having some.. Lovely presentation with yummy picture
Rachana
Delicious fried rice! Beautiful clicks!
Ruchikacooks
Fried rice looks so nice raji, just out of a restaurant..I am yet to try your spagetti in chinese style. will do that soon..
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women-wisdom.com
Colourful fried rice. Its perfect.
Preeti Kashyap
Imake it in a similar way...but the pictures make me drooooooooool
Sarah Naveen
awesome clicks.looks so delicious....love all your recipes
Aparna S Mallya
Great recipe with neat step by step pics. Love the pepper on top.
AM
Now, I wonder how u julienned the cabbage..hehe.
♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥
I want some NOW, its so so good !!
love the neat cuts too:-)
san
I tried out this one! yumm!
Deepa
Hi Raks, thanks for posting such a wonderful recipe... your tips and photos on how to cut the carrots into julienne was very helpful.. it would be nice if you could give some tips on cutting the cabbage into julienne as well...
Prasy
Hi Raks, I have tried this multiple times and it always tastes awesome.... Ur recipes are always very good and it makes more fascinating for me to visit ur blog for ur kutti stories u write for every recipe and the stepwise pictures... Thank u 🙂
Poornima Saminathan
Luks yummy,BTW which brand basmathi rice do u use? Cos iwhen I make pulao or fried rice, it gets overcooked.
RAKS KITCHEN
I use Lal Quila. The key is to soak the rice as long as you can and cook in less water. Some times I use only 1 : 1 water ratio also .
janani ganesh
Yummy fried rice super
Anu Jalari
Recipe tastes good if u substitute olive oil for sesame seed oil.
Anu Jalari
Recipe tastes good if u substitute olive oil with sesame seed oil.
Anu.
Indu Rajesh
Wow..looks lovely. What tawa u used here for sauteing?
Raks anand
A nonstick wok, got it from ikea
Gowthaman Thevanantham
You first clean the carrots. Then length of the carrot cut the carrot in to 4 peaces. like an cylinder. Then cut each cylinder in thin pieces. In western countries called Julian cuts you can google it.
Kavitha
I made this along with Knorr chinese veg manchurian balls... Do u have the recipe of that?
Kavitha
I made this yesterday and the side dish was Knorr chinese machurian veg balls.. the combination was good.. I can't find Chinese manch veg balls in ur recipe index.. Can u share it?
bejo
Hi raks..could you pls provide some veg side dishes names can serve along with fried rice..
sayrem
hi raks,
im confused about when to add the salt. should I cook rice along with salt, or should iadd it to the veggies while frying or should i just add it in the last mixing stage and toss the rice with the salt and veggies? please help. thanks.
Mrs. Yoges
I tried your vegetarian Manchurian gravy and chili paneer.it turned out so well. Everyone in the family loved it.
Thank you