Veg. Fried Rice (Indo-Chinese Recipe)

This is an Indo-Chinese fusion recipe which is very quick and super easy to make

Ingredients:

• Basmati rice (uncooked) - 1 cup
• Water - 2 cups
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Carrots diced into small cubes - ¹/₃ cup
• Green onion (the white bulb) diced into small cubes - ¹/₃ cup
• Green beans cut diagonally - ¹/₃ cup
• Green onion (the greens) cut diagonally - ¹/₄ cup
• Garlic minced - 1 ¹/₂ tsp
• Ginger minced - ³/₄ tsp
• Serrano pepper finely chopped - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Soy sauce - ¹/₂ tsp
• Chilli sauce - 1 tsp
• White vinegar - 1 ¹/₂ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Garnishing
• Green onion greens - 1 tbsp

Method:

• To cook the rice
• Wash & soak the rice for about 30 min
• In a pan add the rice, water, oil and salt; cook on a medium flame for about 10-15 min. (until they are 90% done)
• Drain excess water and set aside
•  In a big pan/wok, heat oil on high flame. The Indo-Chinese cuisine is usually cooked on high flame (begin to end).
• Add garlic, ginger & Serrano pepper and stir for half a minute.
• Add in carrots, green beans and green onion (whites) stirring periodically for 4-5 min.
• Season it with salt.
• Add the green onion (greens), cooked rice, soy sauce, chilli sauce and white vinegar; stir together and cook for a minute.
• Garnish with the reserved green onion greens
• Enjoy!!

Serving Suggstions:
Veg. fried rice is popularly served with veg. manchurian with gravy (recipe coming shortly!)

Spaghetti with garlic and olive oil (Spaghetti aglio e olio)

Spaghetti Aglio e olio in Italian simply means spaghetti with olive oil and garlic.. It is a delight for all garlic lovers and takes very less time to put together! 

Ingredients:

• Spaghetti pasta - ¹/2 lb. 
• Water - to boil spaghetti 
• Olive Oil - 2 tbsp
• Pine nuts (toasted) - 1 ¹/2 tbsp
• Garlic thinly sliced - 1 ¹/₂ tsp
• Black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• Garnishing
• Parsley - 1 tbsp

Method:

• In a big pot, bring water to boil. Add  spaghetti pasta and sprinkle generous amount of salt (remember this is the only chance your pasta gets to absorb the seasoning)
• In a flat pan, add the olive oil and garlic. Let the garlic turn golden brownish (this will help infuse the garlic flavor in the oil) stirring occasionally. 
• Now add the pine nuts and stir it for  about a minute or until the pine nuts turn lightly golden. 
• Now add the cooked pasta and season with salt and pepper. 
• Garnish with parsley and serve hot 
• Enjoy!!

Serving Suggstions:
I like to eat this pasta just as is (yummy garlic..) 

Nonetheless, any breadstick/cheesy toast/Garlic toast/bread will go well with this

Enjoy!!