Chinese Prawn Fried Rice

Chinese Prawn-Egg Fried Rice

A Prawn fried rice mixed with fried egg that I prepared as a part of the "Chinese" Lunch we had at our home on a Sunday.

Serves: 3

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

• Rice: 200 gms.
• Egg: 4.
• Small Prawns: 150 gms.
• Beans: 50 gms.Cut into very small slices.
• Green Bell Pepper(Capsicum):A medium sized one weighing around 75 gms.Cut into very small slices
• Carrot:50 gms.Cut into very small slices.
• Green Chillies: 3.Cut into very small slices
• Soya Sauce: 3 tsp
• Ajinomoto: 1/2 tsp
• White Pepper: 6-8 nos.Crushed
• Black pepper Powder: 1/2 tsp
• Vegetable Oil: 4 tbsp
• Salt: To taste

Preparation:
Rice:

• Soak the rice in water for 30 mins.
• Prepare rice like it is normally done.Spread it on plates in the open air so that the remaining moisture is vapourized and the rice becomes dry.

Vegetables:

• Boil the beans and carrot in some water for 2 mins and then dry the veggies.

Egg:

• Heat 3 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok.
• Beat the eggs lightly and add salt to taste.
• Fry the eggs so that they become a bhurji.

Prawn:

• Heat 3 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok.
• Under low heat,stir fry the prawns in the oil for 5-6 mins.
• Sprinkle 1.5 tsp of soya sauce and some salt to taste.
• Further fry the prawns for a couple of mins, after 

Cooking:

• Heat 4 tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok.
• In it add the crushed white pepper and wait till the fragnance evolves.
• Add the cooked rice to the wok.
• Under low heat - stir the rice for sometime(2 mins)
• Then add the capsicum,beans and carrot pieces to the rice.Further to it, add the fried egg and prawns.
• Stir the ingredients for another couple of mins.
• Then add the soya sauce,sprinkle the ajinomoto,black pepper powder and salt over the rice.
• Stir for 5 mins and ensure that the mixture is homogenous.
• Once the mixture tastes homogenous, let the rice rest on the wok under low heat for a further 10 mins.This should ensure a uniform taste to the fried rice.