Recipe
Bengali Fried Rice
Ingredients
1 cup Royal Chef Secret
2 carrots (diced into tiny bites)
Roughly 2 cups tiny bites of chopped green beans
2 tbsp ghee
¼ cup cashew
1/4 cup rasins
3 bay leaves
½ teaspoon cloves
5 green cardamoms
½ teaspoon fennel powder
½ teaspoon cumin powder
salt, as per taste
1 teaspoon sugar
freshly cracked black pepper – 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- Start by cooking the rice in advance as you need cold rice to make the
fried rice. Make sure to wash the rice a few time in running water and
then boil with 2 cups water. - Once the rice cooked, layer it on a plate or colander to cool it down
completely. - Place a heavy bottom wok/pan in medium heat and pour the ghee.
- Add the bay leaves, cloves, green cardamoms. Toss it around for 30
seconds. - Drop the cashew, carrot and green beans.
- Add salt, toss it around and cover the pan. Keep the heat in medium and
let it cook for 5 minutes for the vegetables to soften a little but still stays
crunchy. - Scatter the cooked rice, season with salt, add sugar, cumin powder,
fennel powder, freshly cracked black pepper and raisins. Toss it around a
few times to mix everything evenly. Taste for salt and add more if needed. - Serve warm!