Mint flavored Fried Rice from leftover

Left over is common and a well known phenomenon in most of the families. Needless to explain left over rice serves plenty of purpose not only for making fried rice. Will post separate recipes for each and helpful tips on usage of left over rice.

In this post I have prepared a dish with Rice, and some vegetables to go along (excluding tomato, onion, lime), egg and some fresh mint leaves to give that extra flavor. Absolutely no spices in this recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Rice as needed based on serving
2. Vegetables Chopped (Bean/Carrot/Cabbage/Capsicum)
3. Eggs 1, for 1 - 2 serving, else add as needed (Optional)
4. Green Chili as needed (finally chopped)
5. Salt as per taste
6. Little oil for frying (any oil) do not use too much.
7. Bunch of fresh Mint leaves chopped roughly

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a non-stick pan or kadai
2. Stir fry all the vegetables & chili until soft, sprinkle very little water if needed to prevent from burning.
3. Add Salt, at this point if you are pan is large enough scramble the beaten eggs on a side and mix with vegetables once done. Else scramble the eggs, just eggs separately and add to the vegetables.
4. Once Vegetables are soft and cooked, add in the rice and mix well.
5. If the rice is taken from refrigerator cook in low flame until the rice gets heated and mixed with vegetables.
6. Check for seasoning, salt or spice and add if needed
7. Garnish with chopped mint leaves and serve hot.

This dish will be dry, you can use sauce or curd or raita if needed.

Note:

• Use Vegetables that cooks fast yet not mushy, unlike tomato, cucumber or any other underground stem.
• If you prefer to steam your rice out of refrigerator, before frying that's completely alright. Instead you can directly fry it will become soft too.
• If you like you can add Jeera and whole spices and fry before adding vegetables.
• Flavor varies based on vegetables and the extra spices used.

Try out and do post your comments. Happy Cooking.