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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Capsicum Fried rice


Very easy to make and tasty to eat. Try it out.

Ingredients:
Capsicum (Bell peppers) - 1-2 cups, chopped into pieces
(Combine red / green / yellow, so that rice looks colourful)
Cooked long grain rice or fragnant rice - 3-4 cups
Garlic - 2-3 cloves, finely chopped
Green chillies - 2-3, cut into small pieces
Onions - 2, medium sized, finely chopped
Dried basil leaves (powdered) - 1 teaspoon
Light soya sauce - 1 tablespoon
Coriander leaves - few for garnishing
Salt to taste
Olive oil - 2 tablespoons

Method:
Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add chopped garlic and green chillies.

Fry for 2 minutes and add chopped onions. Saute until onions turn golden brown.

Add capsicum, basil leaves, salt to taste and fry until they are cooked.

Then add soya sauce and mix well. Add cooked rice and mix well. Add little salt if required.

Fry for 5-10 minutes and serve hot with vinegar chillies.


Cooking time : 15-20 minutes
Serves 2 persons.

16 Comments:

Indian Khana said...

Simple one but looks fab...and colourful :)

Shama Nagarajan said...

wow..mouthwatering recipe dear...lovely

Kitchen Chronicles said...

Capsicum rice looks colorful and very tempting

Unknown said...

wow..capsicum fried rice is great..in india i used to regularly have jeera rice, fried rice etc. but never heard about capsicum fried rice. but here in U.S. it is very hard to find ingredients to make recipes. one of my indian friend introduced me to a great resource where i can find all the ingredients from all over the world.
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Unknown said...

colourful and so tempting...

FH said...

Delicious and easy! :)

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

HI Vani How r u? Happy that u have started posting again. Capsicum fried rice looks yummy :)

Anonymous said...

This is a delicious fried rice indeed! I particularly like the coriander and basil you added.

Vidhya said...

sounds simple but looks colorful

Unknown said...

Colorful looking delicious rice.

AnuSriram said...

Looks awesome.. Easy to make!

Gita Jaishankar said...

I too made this rice today for lunch.. my version is slightly different from yours...I should try this one soon... looks delicious :)

vidhas said...

Lovley recipe. i have some bell peppers lying in the fridge, surely will try.

Indian Khana said...

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Perspectivemedley said...

Fried Rice looks perfect!!.. very nice :)

Anonymous said...

Fried Rice Tasty was very good and i enjoyed always it's look so colorful thank you.