While growing, I hated fried rice, all that carrots, sweet corn, green peas (especially the green peas). I also hated the fact that it gets spoilt the next day and there won't be anything to salvage. But my likeness for fried rice started when i attended a wedding party. the fried was perfect, almost no oil, the vegetables were not too soft and there were tiny bits of cooked cow liver in the fried rice. Since then, I have fallen in love with this food.
What you are about to cook now is a taste of perfection and a fool-proof recipe.
PREPTIME: 15 mins COOKTIME: 20 mins SERVES: 4
INGREDIENTS
3 cups of long grain cooked rice.
1 cup of diced carrots.
1 teaspoon, curry powder.
1 teaspoon dried thyme.
1/2 cup of diced bell pepper (any colour would do).
1 cup of sweet corn
Half cup of sunflower oil
2 cubes of knorr seasoning cubes.
half teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of sweet peas.
1/2 cup of cooked cow liver (diced).
1 small bulb onion (diced).
NOTE: Before cooking, make sure to have all vegetables ready and use long grain rain for this recipe.
PREPARATION
1. In a frying pan, preferably non stick pan, pour in the half cup of oil and it heat up for 30 seconds on medium heat. Add the onion and let fry until translucent then add the diced carrots and let it fry for some seconds.
2. After this, add the diced cow liver, sweet peas and bell peppers. after a minute or two, add the
sweet corn and stir fry for one minute.
3. Go ahead to add the seasoning cube, curry powder, thyme and salt. Stir the fried veggies and add the cooked rice. After doing this, try to incorporate the veggies to the rice by using two wooden spatula or any means of stirring them together.
4. Stir for 4- 5 minutes to heat up the rice and to also give it a soft grainy texture. Taste for salt and balance the salt level and remove from heat.
Serve immediately with grilled chicken, coleslaw or chicken salad.
For other beautiful and tasty rice recipes, see how to make jollof rice and how to make Nigerians local jollof rice here.
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