Mushroom Fried Rice

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Basmati Rice (cooked)

6oz Button mushrooms (thinly sliced)

1 Yellow onion (diced)

3/4 cup Green bell pepper (finely diced)

3/4 cup Carrot (finely chopped)

1 green Chilli (finely chopped)

3 Garlic pods (minced)

1tsp Ginger (minced)

2 Scallions (finely chopped)

1 1/2tsp Soya sauce

1tsp White Vinegar

1tbsp Chilli Garlic sauce

1 Egg (optional)

1/2tsp Cumin seeds

2 small Cloves

1 Cinnamon stick (1/2")

1tbsp Oil

Salt

How to:

• Heat oil in a skillet, add cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon.

• Then add ginger and garlic and saute until raw smell disappears.

• Now add carrot and cook for 3-4 mins, stirring continuously.

• Add onions, scallions and green chilli and saute until tender.

• Add bell peppers and cook for another min.

• Add mushrooms along with little salt and cook in a medium flame until tender.

• Then add soya sauce, vinegar and chilli garlic sauce and mix well.

• Move the vegetables aside, carefully break an egg and scramble it.

• Now toss the cooked rice into the skillet, also add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

• Reduce the flame and keep stirring until rice gets the heat.

• Switch off and garnish with the remaining scallions and chopped cilantro.

Serve with hot sauce and a curry.