Being a chef, I always had a fascination towards other cuisines apart from Indian. And my favourite cuisine is Chinese or rather Indo-Chinese cuisine. It is said to be one of the most loved cuisine apart from Italian around the world. I love Indo-Chinese food because it carries extremely bold and distinct flavours with the usage of minimal ingredients.
Ingredients
- For the Vegetable Fried Rice
- 300 gm of Rice (Boiled)
- 100 gm of Carrots (brunoise)
- 100 gm of Capsicum (brunoise)
- 50 gm of Onions (brunoise – cut is small dices or cubes)
- 10 ml of Soya Sauce
- 10 ml of Red Chilli Sauce
- 30 gm of Garlic (chopped)
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Oil
- For the Chilli Paneer
- 300 gm of Paneer (cubes)
- 50 gm of Cornflour
- 10 ml of Oil
- 20 gm of Garlic (chopped)
- 100 gm of Green Onions
- 100 gm of Capsicum (diced)
- 20 gm of Green Chillies
- 30 gm of Red Chilli Paste
- 20 ml of Soya Sauce
- 10 gm of Salt
- 10 gm of Black Pepper
- 30 gm of Tomato Paste
Preparation
Prep: 20 minutes
Cooking: 20 minutes
- For the Vegetable Fried Rice – In a hot wok, put oil, sauté garlic. Once it is well browned, sauté the onions, capsicum, carrots until they have left water.
- Once the vegetables are cooked, add in the spicy red chilli sauce into it and let it cook.
- Now add in the cooked rice and soya sauce. Stir it vigorously. Once sautéed nicely, check the seasoning and add salt and black pepper accordingly. Serve hot!
- For the Chilli Paneer – Cut all the paneer into cubes and coat all of them with cornflour. Fry all of them in hot oil until golden brown from outside.
- Now in a hot wok, heat oil, sauté garlic, green chillies and green onions and cook them. Now add in all capsicum into them and sauté it.
- Add the red chilli paste and cook for 5-10 minutes. Add the fried paneer and sauté them. Now add in the soya sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar (optional) into it. Add 2 cups of water with cornflour mixed into it.
- Boil it and allow it to thicken and boil. Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper accordingly.
- Once suitable consistency is obtained, garnish it with fried garlic and green onions and serve hot.