Schezwan fried rice may be a popular fried rice variety from Indo-Chinese Cuisine. it’s quite popular & is most ordered in Indo-Chinese restaurants. Unlike the regular Chinese fried rice, Schezwan Fried Rice is hot & Spicy with bursting flavors of ginger, garlic, soya sauce, and red chili paste. Schezwan rice is formed by frying rice alongside Schezwan sauce which is an exclusive blend of sauces cooked together. To form Schezwan sauce, red chili is soaked in warm water and then blended to form red chili paste. But if you do not have red chilies or don’t want to blend them, then just use red chili powder.
Ingredients for Schezwan fried rice:
- Roop Mahal Basmati Rice: 250gms
- Oil: 30 gms
- Whole Dried Kashmiri Red Chillies: 6-8 pcs
- Garlic: 35gms
- Onion Chopped: 50gms
- Beans Chopped: 50gms
- Carrot Chopped: 50gms
- Cabbage Roughly Chopped: 50gms
- Spring Onion Greens Chopped: 15gms
- Soya Sauce: 1Tsp
- Salt as required
- White pepper: A generous pinch
Garnish
Spring Onion Greens: 10gms
Cooking Instructions
- Rinse and gently rub the rice under fresh water till the water runs clear.
- Soak the rice in freshwater for 1 hour approximately.
- Bring the water to boil in a saucepan. Add some salt, oil, and soaked rice.
- Let it come to boil again. Reduce heat and let the rice cook completely.
- Strain the rice and keep it aside
- Soak Kashmiri red chilies in hot water for about 30 minutes and grind with vinegar and some water if required, to make coarse paste.
- In a pot, heat up the oil on medium-high heat.
- Add chopped garlic and stir for 1 minute without changing its color.
- Now add onions and sauté for another 1-2 minutes, till it becomes translucent.
- Now add chopped beans and carrot and cooked for some time, till they become tender.
- After this, add Kashmiri red chili paste, Chopped cabbage, and spring onions and toss well.
- Now add boiled rice, salt, white pepper, and soya sauce and toss it continuously on high flame.
- Serve hot with spring onions on top.
