Egg Fried Rice Recipe a popular indo-chinese food at Mumbai and also other places in India. It’s a great hit with kids and also great for people who aren’t fond of chicken. This is quick, easy and healthy recipe.
This makes an ideal meal for a lazy day. You could give this dish as lunch box, quick meal or even serve to your sudden guest’s. I usually make this along with szechuan sauce and some side dish like manchurian or grilled dish.
There are many variations to make this dish and this my version of egg fried rice. I have used celery leaves which gives an authentic chinese flavor. But if you don’t have them just skip them. Used a lot of veggies like mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, capsicum and french bean.
Also sichuan pepper gives a great chinese flavor to your dish. So try to get hold of this spice. You get them a lot in Goa, Konkan belt and Karnataka. We are blessed to have Dorabjees – Pune as sichuan pepper or teppal spice is always available throughout there.
Personally I love the flavor of tepal spice as we use them a lot in Goan cuisine. Just roast them and make their powder and they last long for me.
If you are worried about the egg yolks then just add the egg whites instead 🙂
Let’s make Egg Fried Rice Recipe stepwise:
1. Firstly rinse rice, boil with 5 cups of water and salt into a big vessel. Once the rice cook place the rice on a colander. Alternatively you could pressure cook the rice.
2. While the rice is boiling chop all veggies and place aside. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a big vessel add garlic, ginger and celery leaves.
3. After a minute add whites of spring onion. Saute for a minute.
4. Now add eggs.
5. Sprinkle little of pepper and sichuan pepper powder.
6. Keep stirring and cooking until egg cooks.
7. Now remove the scrambled eggs and place them aside.
8. In the same pan add the rest of oil add all chopped veggies. Place the pan on high heat.
9. Add salt and keep tossing the veggies on high heat to retain their crunchiness.
10. After 2-3 mins of stirring on high heat add soy sauce, sugar and vinegar.
11. Add the scrambled eggs, rest of pepper powder, sichuan pepper and salt if required.
12. Lastly add the boiled rice and greens of spring onion.
13. Combine all nicely and switch off the gas.
14. Serve your egg fried rice with szechuan sauce or any side dish.
Egg Fried Recipe and printed version below:
- 2 cups basmati rice or long grained rice boiled
- 4-5 cups of water
- salt as required
- 2 tbsp sesame oil or oil as required
- 3-4 mediums sized egg
- ½ cup finely chopped carrot
- ½ cup of finely chopped cabbage
- ½ cup pf chopped mushroom
- ½ cup of finely chopped capsicum
- ½ cup of finely chopped whites of spring onion
- ½ cup of greens of spring onion
- ½ cup of finely chopped french bean
- 2 tsp garlic chopped finely
- 2 tsp ginger chopped finely
- 2 tsp celery chopped
- 4 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp pepper powder
- 2 tsp sichuan pepper powder
- salt as required
- Firstly rinse rice, boil with 5 cups of water and salt into a big vessel. Once the rice cook place the rice on a colander. Alternatively you could pressure cook the rice.
- While the rice is boiling chop all veggies and place aside. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a big vessel add garlic, ginger and celery leaves.
- After a minute add whites of spring onion. Saute for a minute.
- Now add eggs.
- Sprinkle little of pepper and sichuan pepper powder
- Keep stirring and cooking until egg cooks.
- Now remove the scrambled eggs and place them aside.
- In the same pan add the rest of oil add all chopped veggies. Place the pan on high heat.
- Add salt and keep tossing the veggies on high heat to retain their crunchiness.
- After 2-3 mins of stirring on high heat add soy sauce, sugar and vinegar.
- Add the scrambled eggs, rest of pepper powder, sichuan pepper and salt if required.
- Lastly add the boiled rice and greens of spring onion.
- Combine all nicely and switch off the gas.
- Serve your egg fried rice with schechuan sauce or any side dish.
2. Use veggies of your choice.
3. You could add red chili sauce and tomato sauce for variation.
4. Instead of eggs add chicken or paneer or tofu.
Rita says
This is the best fried rice recipe I have ever tried by far, thank you so much for posting it. The vinegar, sugar and soy soy complement each other so well. For once I have found a fried rice recipe that does not have the overpowering taste of soy soy (since I’m not that much of a fan of it). I made this for our sunday lunch and it was a winner and I am planning to make it again today.
Thanks again Maria.
maria says
Rita I am pleased to know this yeah soy sometimes tend to overpower it’s how much you use them. Surely try and looking forward to more feedback from you take care and have a happy weekend 🙂