Indian fried rice is called “Vagharelo Bhaat” in Gujarati or “Fodni Bhaat” in Marathi. Vagharalo Bhaat isn’t much different than Chinese fried rice, but with Indian flavours and spices in place of Chinese. You can opt to add in some greens and vegetables, This recipe is pretty easy and only requires the use of a rice cooker.
AuthorHungry PandaDifficultyBeginnerAdd a little oil to your rice cooker inner bowl, select either SLOW COOK, REGULAR or WHITE RICE
function to sauté the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and dry red chilli for around 1 minute.
Then add sliced onion and sauté till it becomes translucent. Afterwards add the ginger-garlic paste
and chopped green chilli. Sauté it.
Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, hing powder and coriander powder. Mix well with the tomatoes.
Add the rice and fill up to the WHITE RICE bowl level line with water. Close the lid and press START
Half way through rice cooking add the coriander leaves, garam masala and lemon juice. Mix well.
When cooking is finished open the cooker and stir the rice to release moisture. Leave on KEEP WARM for around 10-15 minutes before serving to release flavour
Ingredients
Directions
Add a little oil to your rice cooker inner bowl, select either SLOW COOK, REGULAR or WHITE RICE
function to sauté the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and dry red chilli for around 1 minute.
Then add sliced onion and sauté till it becomes translucent. Afterwards add the ginger-garlic paste
and chopped green chilli. Sauté it.
Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, hing powder and coriander powder. Mix well with the tomatoes.
Add the rice and fill up to the WHITE RICE bowl level line with water. Close the lid and press START
Half way through rice cooking add the coriander leaves, garam masala and lemon juice. Mix well.
When cooking is finished open the cooker and stir the rice to release moisture. Leave on KEEP WARM for around 10-15 minutes before serving to release flavour
Notes
Serve as a one dish meal as it is or along with something fresh like a dill cucumber raita or spicy mango pickle. Add some papads for hungrier eaters.