Thai Veggie Basil Fried Rice

I just love the flavors of Thai food. Its hard to me to pick whats my favorite Indo-Chinese or Thai. Just cant have enough! So when one of the Sundays when I had been to farmers market I saw a bunch of fresh basil and could not stop buying it. The first thing that came to my mind was Thai Basil Fried Rice....yummmm. You can experiment a lot with this rice in terms of veggies and flavor. Since I don't use onion and garlic in my cooking that has been excluded. You may use mushrooms, broccoli or any other veggies, I used what I had. But the most important ingredient is the Fresh Basil for obvious reasons.

I post this recipe on 2015 and have been making this ever since them. I have updated the pictures this time. Just made them few days ago, when my wonderful neighbor gave her fresh bounty of basil to me. I knew I had to make this. I also made a Thai soup, recipe will be posted soon.

Ingredients

2 cup cooked Rice

1 tsp grated ginger / dry ginger powder

1 tsp chopped thai red chilli ( preferable)

1 tsp tomato sauce

2 tsp soy sauce

2 tsp chilli sauce/ Kashmiri Red chilli powder 

1 tsp brown sugar( you may use white sugar as substitute)

Handful of Fresh Basil Leaves

 Sesame Oil (preferable)

Veggies of your choice- I used the following

1/2 cup Chopped green and Red bell pepper

1/4 cup chopped carrots

1/2 cup roughly chopped Green beans

1 cup cauliflower

Also Baby corn , broccoli goes well

Procedure

 Cook rice by adding bit of salt and once done remove the excess water and let it remain in the strainer for a while.

Take a wok add oil and once hot add the grated ginger and chilli and saute for a min then add all the mix veggies one by one and saute for another 2-3 min. 

Take a small bowl add all the sauces mix well , add sugar to it. Add fresh basil to the wok and saute it for few secs, then add the sauce mix to it, add little water and let it cook for another 2-3 mins. Add salt as needed.

Then add salt as needed and Rice and mix well. close the lid and let it cook for 3 mins on a slow flame. Serve hot with your choice side dish or curry.

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PS: All recipes are without Onion and Garlic
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