Thai Style Fried Rice

Ingredients list for Thai Style Fried Rice

• 3 cups Cooked basmati rice
• 2 tablespoons Thai green curry paste
• 4 tablespoons Oil
• 1-2 Fresh red chillies
• 2 tablespoons Garlic chopped
• 1 small Carrot cut into cubes
• ½ cup Green peas blanched
• to taste Salt
• 1 cup Coconut milk
• 4-5 Cherry tomatoes quartered
• ½ teaspoon Palm jaggery
• Lemon juice of ½ lemon
• 4-5 Fresh basil leaves torn
• 1 Egg
• For garnishing:
• a few Red bell pepper
• 1 Lemon wedges
• 1 Basil leaves

Method

1. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan.
2. Cut fresh red chillies diagonally.
3. Add 1 tablespoon garlic and fresh red chillies to the pan and sauté for 30 seconds.
4. Add carrot and green peas and toss. Add 1 tablespoon Thai green curry paste and mix well. Add salt and 3 tablespoons coconut milk and sauté for a minute. Add cherry tomatoes, palm jaggery and mix well.
5. Add lemon juice and switch off heat. Add some of the torn basil leaves and toss.
6. Heat remaining oil in a non-stick wok. Add remaining garlic and sauté for a minute. Add remaining Thai green curry paste, mix and sauté for a minute.
7. Break egg into the pan and mix well. Add cooked rice and toss. Add remaining torn basil leaves and remaining coconut milk, mix and cook for a minute. Add salt and mix well.
8. Heat the prepared vegetables.
9. Place a medium ring mould on a serving plate, put some rice in it, top with some vegetables, repeat the process with the remaining rice and vegetables till you reach the top of the ring mould. Remove the mould carefully.
10. Serve hot garnished with bell pepper curls, a lemon wedge and a fried basil leaf.