Thai Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• Sona Masoori Rice- 1 cup
• Coconut Milk- ½ cup
• Water- 1.5 cup
• Oil: 4-5 tbsp
• Whole Dry Red chilli:1-2
• Sesame seeds:1 tsp ( I added sunflower seeds)
• Onion : 1 ( thinly sliced) 
• Spring onions: 4-5 (chopped- green and white part)
• Garlic: 2-3 cloves ( finely chopped or minced)
• Ginger: a small piece (finely chopped or thinly sliced)
• Lettuce/ cabbage: chopped
•  Lime: 1 (halved & deseeded)
• Green chilli: 1 -2 (finely chopped or thinly sliced)
• Green Beans: 10-12 ( cut into 2 halves to get long beans)
• Bell Peppers/Capsicum: 1 (cut into thin long strips)
• Celery: 1 stick (chopped)
• Light soy sauce: 2 tbsp
• Chilli Sauce : to taste
• Roasted Peanuts: 2 tbsp (Roughly crushed)
• Salt
• White Pepper powdered: to taste
• Fresh Basil : a few leaves 

Method:

Preparing Rice:

• Wash and soak rice in 1.5 cup water in the pan.
• Now heat the pan (with rice and water) and add coconut milk. Take a boil and cook on low flame for about 8-10 min until rice is cooked. (Make sure the rice is not over cooked).
• Now spread the rice on flat pan/ plate to cool it down.

Preparing the tempering and mixing the rice.

• Heat oil in a pan. Add the sesame seeds and red dry chillies.
• Now add garlic, ginger and green chilli.
• Add spring onions and other onions and lime. Stir fry for about 5 – 7 minutes.
• Now add bell pepper and green beans. Toss quickly and stir fry at high heat for about 5 mins.
• Add the soy sauce, chilli sauce and peanuts to the vegetables.
• Toss them to mix everything up. Add salt, white pepper powder and mix well.
• Add the rice to stir fry. Carefully mix everything making sure the rice doesn’t get mushy. Stir fry for 7- 8 minutes.
• Switch off the heat and add basil. Mix well.
• Serve hot.