Chicken Fried Rice - Treat Your Tummies On Every Special Occasion

Are you planning to make your Sundays special? Or are you confused over what to make for your guests? If you want something grand and elegant, for a dinner or a lunch, you can always try your hand making Chicken Fried Rice.

I always love chicken fried rice that is loaded with a whole lot of veges and shredded chicken pieces with a bit of scrambled eggs, nuts and raisins. 

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice- 1 kg
• Onions - 2 large
• Beans - 1 kg
• Carrot - 1 kg
• Chicken cooked and Shredded - 2 cups
• Eggs - 2
• Green chilies - 2 
• Pepper  powder - 2 tsp
• Garam masala - 1 1/2 tsp
• Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsp
• Soya Sauce- 1 tsp
• Raisins - 50 gms
• Cashew nuts - 50 gm
• Ghee -
• Vegetable oil
• Salt
• Cardamon whole - 2
• Cloves - 2
• Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Method

Stage - 1

• Wash the basmati rice and soak it for 20 min
• In a large pressure cooker, add around 3/4 water and switch on the flame.
• Add cardamom, cloves and cinnamon to the water and allow it to boil
• Add the soaked basmati rice to the water and allow it to cook. Do not over cook.
• After the rice is cooked, strain off the water and keep the rice aside

Stage - 2

• Heat a pan and add vegetable oil to it
• Add finely chopped Onions, carrots, beans and green chilies to the pan and saute well after adding salt to it
• Add pepper powder and garam masala and mix well
• Close the lid and cook for 10- 15 min
• Switch off flame and keep the veges aside

Stage- 3

• Beat the eggs 
• Add salt, half a tbsp of tomato sauce and beat well
• Heat a pan and scramble the eggs
• Switch off the flame and keep the eggs aside

Stage - 4

• Cook chicken pieces by adding salt and pepper powder
• Remove from flame after they are cooked
• Shred them and keep aside

Stage - 5

• Heat a pan and add 1 tbsp of ghee
• Fry the nuts and raisins separately and strain off oil and keep aside

Stage-6

• Take a large Kadai and heat it
• Add 2- 3 tbsp of ghee and heat it
• Add the cooked rice to it and mix well in the ghee
• Now you may add the vegetables, shredded chicken, fried raisins and nuts, scrambled eggs, tomato sauce, soya sauce and salt to the rice
• Mix well 
• Serve hot with chicken curry and raitha
• ENJOY!!