Give your leftover rice a makeover with peri peri, lemon and veggies

Further add onions, sweet corn, carrots and capsicum, cook on medium flame for 1-2 minutes.

Add cooked rice and 2 tbsp peri peri spice mix, mix well and add salt to taste, finish with some fresh coriander, toss well and cook for 2-3 minutes. Peri peri rice is ready, serve hot.

For Veg fried rice

Ingredients:

Oil 2 tbsp

Spring onion bulbs 1/3rd cup (chopped)

Carrots ½ cup (chopped)

French beans ½ cup (chopped)

Cooked rice 4 cups

Salt & white pepper powder to taste

Spring onion greens 1/4th cup

Light soy sauce 1 tsp

Vinegar 1 tsp

Sugar 1/4th tsp

Aromat powder ½ tsp (optional)

Spring onion greens (for garnish)

Method:

Heat a wok on high flame, add oil, and heat, further add chopped spring onion bulbs, carrots and french beans, sauté for 1-2 minutes.

Now, add cooked rice, salt & white pepper powder to taste, spring onion greens, light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and aromat powder, mix well but gently without breaking rice, continue to cook for 1-2 minutes on high flame, finish it by adding few spring onions greens.

Veg fried rice is ready.

For tadke wale lemon rice:

Ingredients:

Ghee 1 tbsp

Rai (mustard seeds) 1 tsp

Jeera (cumin seeds) 1 tsp

Urad dal 1 tsp

Chana dal 1 tsp

Dry red chilli 3-4 nos. (broken)

Peanuts 1/4th cup

Green chillies 2-3 nos.

Curry leaves 10-12 nos.

Onions ½ cup (sliced)

Pinch of sugar

Turmeric powder ½ tsp

Cooked rice 4 cups

Lemon juice 2-3 tsp

Salt to taste

Fresh coriander 1 tbsp (chopped)

Method:

Set a wok on low flame, add ghee, jeera, rai, urad dal, chana dal, dry red chillies, peanuts, green chillies and curry leaves, cook on low flame for 1-2 minutes.

Further add sliced onions & pinch of sugar, cook on medium low flame until the onions are translucent.

Further add turmeric powder and briefly cook for about 10-15 seconds, further add cooked rice, lemon juice, salt to taste and fresh coriander, mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes on medium high flame.

Tadke wale lemon rice is ready, serve hot.

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