Broccoli fried rice (Indo chinese)

Name: Broccoli fried rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 4 cups cooked basmati rice; 1 no onion; 1/2 no carrot; 1 cup frozen green peas; 3 heaped cups broccoli florets; 5 pods big garlic; 3 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp black pepper powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 2 nos green chillies; 3 tsp sesame oil; 1 cup chopped spring onion (for garnish)

May 27, 2019

I am leaving on a jet plane..

dunno when I will be back again 😀

Well.. the first line is true but the second line.. I just wish it were true :). So my most awaited, my most randomly pieced & put together trip is right there and I can’t be more excited. I am going back to the place that I went 11 years back. I am going back to the place that I travelled to for the first time outside of India. I am going to the city that literally never sleeps & I am going to the place which fully holds true to the below 😀 – New York.. There is definitely something about this place that makes you wanna go again & again. The last time I was there, I was 21 years old, fresh out of college, went with a big bunch of people a few of whom became great friends during the course of training for which I had gone there (to begin with :)). I am excited to be going back there with my mum & Adya. I wanna show amma NY & may be even show her some real night life while we are there & maybe even swap water for beer (well.. just mine & Amma’s ofcourse in case any of you were wondering :D)

Anyways, I know I will lose the zeal to finish this post if I miss out today since I am going on a vaca (not sure I mentioned it before :p). Anywho, I had a big bunch of broccoli sitting at home & wanted to use it differently. Thought of incorporating it in a fried rice & it came out quite well. Truth be told, it was super duper loved by mom, D & Adya which convinced me to blog it. There was something missing for me (not able to figure out what & when I do figure it out, shall update the blog) and so I wasn’t even sure if I wanna blog it. But boy oh boy, D & Adya ate sooooooooooo much that day & complimented this rice to a mega extent that I knew it had to be blogged :). So try it out. I would be interested to know if you liked it to D’s level or my level :D.

Broccoli fried rice

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Passive Time

35 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indo Chinese

Servings: 4 persons

Ingredients

4 cups cooked basmati rice
1 no onion
1/2 no carrot
1 cup frozen green peas
3 heaped cups broccoli florets
5 pods big garlic
3 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp black pepper powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 nos green chillies
3 tsp sesame oil
1 cup chopped spring onion (for garnish)

Instructions

Prep the veggies - Chop garlic, onions & carrots into small pieces; Green chillies into thin long pieces; Slice the spring onion and separate the base/ bulb from the green slices.
Prep the broccoli - Clean & wash broccoli florets. Place them in a mixer jar. Pulse till it becomes a grainy mixture. Repeat till you churn all the broccoli florets. Set it aside.
In a wide pan/ kadai/ wok, heat sesame oil. Once heated, add chopped garlic & green chillies.
Saute on high heat till the garlic starts to brown.
Add the chopped up onion & the bulb of the spring onion. Saute on high heat till the onions start to brown.
Add frozen peas & carrot. Saute on high heat for 1-2 minutes.
Add the ground broccoli mixture. Along with this add some salt & turmeric powder.
Close with a lid & let it cook on low heat for 5-7 minutes.
Finally, add soy sauce & black pepper powder. Saute for another minute on high heat. Turn off the heat.
Once the broccoli mixture cools down, mix with cooked basmatic rice.
Use a fork to fluff up & mix the rice so that you don't break the rice as much as possible.
Check & adjust for salt. Serve warm along with some indo-chinese sauce. I served mine with some spicy broccoli stir fry with a generous ginger garlic sauce.

Recipe Notes

You can add 1 full carrot. D doesn't like cooked carrots so just used 1/2.
The next time I try this, I am gonna parboil the broccoli florets in hot water & then grind. I think it'll save time on the pulsing.
3 heaped cups of broccoli florets when pulsed became 2 cups broccoli mixture.
When I cooked the broccoli mixture, it started to brown in the base & that kinda added a nice taste to the whole fried rice. If you don't want that, you can add 1 tsp of water while cooking the mixture or ofcourse, parboil the broccoli first up.

Stepwise pictures

Clean & wash broccoli florets. Place them in a mixer jar.

Pulse till it becomes a grainy mixture. Repeat till you churn all the broccoli florets. Set it aside.

In a wide pan/ kadai/ wok, heat sesame oil. Once hot, add chopped garlic & green chillies. Saute till they start to brown.

Add chopped onion & the base/ bulb of the spring onion. Saute on high heat till it starts to brown.

Add chopped onion & frozen peas at this point. Saute on high heat for 1-2 minutes.

Now add the ground broccoli mixture & some salt & turmeric powder.

Cover with a lid & let the mixture cook on low heat for 5-7 minutes. Finally, add soy sauce & black pepper powder. Saute for another minute on high heat. Turn off the heat.