Chicken fried Rice

Chicken fried rice is a very popular dish specially among youngsters it goes well with any gravy be it Indian or Chinese. Very easy to prepare once we have all the ingredients in hand. Hubby dear just gorged on it and that what makes me happy. I never use MSG in my recipes totally against it.  So here I share the recipe.

Ingredients:
Cooked basmati rice - 1 cup  (better if you cook 2 to 3 hrs prior usage)
Mix vegetables - 1/2 cup  I used carrots ,french beans and green peas
spring onions - 1 small bunch
Boneless chicken - 250gm (boiled  and shredded)
egg - 1
green chilli - 2 finely chopped
ginger and garlic - 1 tbs finely chopped
green chilli sauce - 1 tbs
red chilli sauce - 1/2 tbs
soya sauce - 2 tbs
vinegar - 1/2 tbs
Maggie - 1/2 chicken cube
oil
salt and pepper - to taste

Method:

1. Lightly steam the veggies with a pinch of salt
2. Boil the chicken by adding some soya sauce, very little vinegar and 1/2 chicken cube
3. Chop the spring onions keep the white and green separate
4. Beat the egg with some salt and pepper 
5. Take a pan add some oil pour the egg and immediately scramble it and switch off the flame. (do not allow the egg to over cook it should be soft).
6. Heat oil in a large skillet throw the white part of the spring onions along with chopped ginger garlic and green chilli. Add the veggies cook for a minute on high flame add cooked rice lower the flame now add the chicken and scrambled egg along with soya sauce, vinegar and green chilli sauce, red chilli sauce ,salt and pepper mix properly stir fry for 2 min and switch off the flame.Garnish with spring onions.
7. Adjust the seasonings if needed.
8. Serve it hot with Manchurian or any side gravy.

Paneer Manchurian

Paneer is a favorite in most households and so is Chinese.Both of them when combined turns into a fabulous dish. I have avoided the deep frying of Paneer and making it a maximum healthy dish. I hope you all will enjoy making and eating it.

Ingredients
Paneer - 250 gm
onions - 1 medium sized cubed
capsicum - 1 medium sized cubed
carrot - depends on the size i used half the carrot and cut in rounds
corn flour - 3 tbs
maida (all purpose flour) - 1 tbs
soya sauce - 3 tbs
red chilli sauce - 1 tbs
chopped green chilli - 1 tsp
chopped garlic - 1/2 tbs
chopped ginger - 1/2 tbs
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tbs for marination
salt to taste
pepper powder to taste
roasted sesame seeds - 1/2 tbs
water ( depends how much gravy is needed )
Spring onions - green part 2 tbs for garnishing
Oil

Marination
Take the paneer in a bowl, add half of the cornflour, maida, ginger garlic paste, half of the soya sauce, pepper powder and salt mix it nicely by adding a bit of water. The above mixture should be nicely coated to the paneer. Refrigerate it for 15 to 20min.

After 15 min heat the Frying Pan by adding some oil. Add the paneer pieces to the oil separately try to fit all the pieces in one go. shallow fry them until they are turned slightly brown. remove them on an paper towel.

Manchurian Gravy
Take a cooking vessel add some oil, add the chopped ginger garlic and chilies then add the onions after a few minutes add the capsicum fry some sometime then add the soya sauce keep stirring keep the flame medium high while doing this procedure. Add the carrot lower the flame let it cook for some time then add water, red chilli sauce and salt. Let it boil. Take the cornflour add a bit of water to it and make a paste. Now add this to the boiling water. Stir it do not allow lumps to form.Prepare a saucy type gravy. Immediately add the fried paneer let it cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Garnish with roasted sesame seeds and spring onions.

P.S. using sesame oil while preparing chinese dishes adds a good flavour to the dish.