Chinese Fried Rice

I  recently read an article about brown rice / hulled rice where nutritionists and dieticians say brown rice is an excellent source of all round nutrition. It  helps controlling blood pressure and also controls fluctuations in blood sugar. The high fiber content in brown rice controls cholestrol  which keeps away from heart diseases.  From then onwards I swtiched to brown rice but eating plain brown rice every day with some vegetable or lentils is not fun. Hence this attempt in making fried rice with some spices, seasonings and all my favorite veggies for a change. So when ever I crave for chinese fried rice I try to make it little healthy, cooking with brown rice! 


Ingredients:
Brown rice ( 2 cups)
One cup mixed vegetable chopped ( I recommend carrots, beans, bell peppers, broccoli, corn and peas) 
Spring onions chopped (hand full)
Black pepper powder (half tea spoon)
Salt to taste 
Soy sauce (half tea spoon)
Garlic cloves (3)
Olive oil (3 table spoons)


Method of preparation:

1. Cook two cups of brown rice with 4 cups of water {1 (cup of rice):2(cups of water} and keep it aside.
2. Take a skillet / kadai heat olive oil, once the oil is hot add little pepper and save the remaining pepper powder aside and also also add finely chopped garlic cloves and fry them till the flavor comes out.
3. Now its time to cook the vegetables with garlic and pepper powder, cook the veggies till they become soft. 
4. Once all the vegetables are cooked add brown rice to it and give it a good mix and then season the rice with the remaining black pepper powder, soy sauce and salt.  
5. Switch off the stove and serve it hot!

*Ideas :
Green chillies can be added for extra spicy taste. 
Fried rice can be served with tomato sauce / ketchup , chilli sauce  and raw onions. 
while cooking brown rice, hand full of soy chunks ( good source of protein) can also be added.