Notes from My Kitchen...

I got the idea from the spicy rice at Nando's but my version has more vegetables and onion. I guess it is sort of the Portuguese style fried rice. The taste hmm... yum.

 

Ingredients

1 cup long grain or medium grain rice

350 mL water, adjust according to the type of rice

½ tsp turmeric powder

½ tsp parsley flake

½ tsp oregano

½ onion, medium size, chopped finely

2 cloves garlic, chopped finely

oil

½ cup red capsicum, chopped finely

½ cup green capsicum, chopped finely

1 tomato, small, remove seeds & chopped finely

Sea salt

Cooking Methods

1. Wash rice about 3 times until water is quite clear
2. Put rice in the rice cooker bowl, add water and the herb and spices
3. When the rice is cooked, cool slightly then open the lid and stir the rice
4. Heat oil in a wok at medium heat then add onion and garlic. Sauté until fragrant
5. Add rice and stir fry until slightly dry
6. Add the remaining ingredients. Cook until vegetables are slightly soft but still crunchy.

Note:

I usually make fried rice with rice fresh from the rice cooker as I don't normally have left over rice. I cooked it just enough for 4 meals. The trick is to slightly reduce the amount of water so that the fried rice will not go soggy. After successfully making fried rice with 'freshly cooked rice' many times, I don't believe the so called secret of making nice fried rice is only by using left over rice from the night before. 

Pssst... the photo was taken sometime ago and I put less capsicum it that rice.