Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 3

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup basmathi rice
2. 3 cloves of garlic minced
3. 1/2 small carrot finely chopped
4. 2 - 3 beans finely chopped
5. 1/4 capsicum finely chopped
6. 2 leaves cabbage finely chopped
7. 2 spring onion plants chopped (reserve some greens for garnishing)
8. 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
9. 2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
10. 2 tbsp cooking oil
11. Salt as per your taste
12. Pepper powder (used while serving)
13. tomato sauce (used while serving)

Instructions for making veg fried rice:

1. Cook the rice and keep it aside. Please note that the cooked rice should be grainy and it should not be over cooked. I cook the rice using open pot method and I add 1/2 tsp of ghee and little salt while cooking the rice.
2. Now take 4 tbsp of oil in a big frying pan and heat it. Add in minced garlic and saute it.
3. Next add in all finely chopped vegetables and 1/2 tsp of sugar. Reserve some spring onion greens for garnishing.
4. Fry the vegetables until half cooked under high flame. I fry them a bit more because my son likes it that way.
5. Reduce the flame, add in cooked rice, vinegar (or lemon juice) and salt. I didn't add pepper powder, if you wish you can add 1/4 tsp of pepper powder now.
6. Mix well under high flame for 1 or 2 minutes.
7. Switch off the stove garnish with spring onion greens. Serve it hot with pepper powder and tomato sauce.

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