Kitchen Tantra

Pineapple Shrimp Fried Rice:(Indo-Chinese Style)

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice/Any long grained rice 1 cup
Sesame oil 1/2 cup
Ginger 2" peeled,chopped & minced
Garlic 4 cloves choped & minced
Pineapple -cubed 1-2 cups
Carrots 1 small - chopped fienly
Beans 50 grams - chopped fienly
Cabbage - fienly chopped
Red Bell peppers 1 sliced
Salt
MSG 1 pinch
White pepper 1 spoon
Rice starch 1 spoon
Eggs 3
Shrimps 15-20 pieces
Soy sauce 2-4 spoons
Red chili sauce(not the hot sauce)
Toamto paste 1-2 spoons
Green onions to garnish.

Mehtod:

Cook rice with salt and few spoons of oil. When it is done, spread them over a wide tray and set under fan.(To get well seperated and stiff rice) Or its always better to use cold cooked rice.

Marinate chicken and shrimps each seperately with salt,light soy sauce, white pepper and rice starch.

In a wide skillet, heat few spoons of oil. Break-in eggs. Sprinkle salt and pepper, scramble them and set aside.

In the same skillet, heat oil. Stir-fry shrimps over high heat. When it is done, set them aside.

Now stir-fry carrots, beans, cabbage & bell peppers. Add pich of MSG to maintain
its color. Set these aside as well.

Now heat the same or seperate heavy bottomed skillet. Add oil. Stir-in ginger and garlic. Stir-fry till its raw odour is gone.

Further add rice, break up if there is any lumps. Stir-fry till oil coats evenly to it. Add chili, tomato paste and soy sauce to it. Stir-fry till the rice slightly
becoems crispy.

Now add all the stir-fried veggies, shrimps, scrambled eggs and pineapple to it. Give a thorough turn.

Garnish with green onions and serve warm. Enjoy!

Labels: Carrot, Chicken, Main Dish - Rice, Shrimps