I love the combination of cabbage and rice. It’s one of my favorite vegetables to use in fried rice. Another vegetable that tastes amazing with rice is green pea. Since this Indian-style cabbage rice has both these vegetables I love it and make it quite often. It’s a very simple rice dish and goes well with every curry, dal, or just raita. So, if you have leftover rice and cabbage in your fridge, make this Indian-style cabbage fried rice and enjoy a simple home-cooked meal. a
Boiled rice: Peferably long grain basmati rice. Make sure to cook rice a few hours in advance if planning to use it in fried rice. Cabbage: Though green cabbage tastes the best in this fried rice, purple cabbage can be used too. Green peas: Fresh/ frozen. Fresh peas will take more time to get cooked. You can skip green peas if you want to make this dish with cabbage only. Onion Ginger Garlic Green chili peppers: Skip or de-seed to make it less spicy. Spring onion greens Fresh cilantro (optional) Lime juice Cumin seeds Salt and pepper Vegetable oil/ any other cooking oil
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Always use leftover rice to make fried rice. The rice should be cooked atleast 3-4 hours in advance. It’s best to put it in the fridge for a few hours. Freshly cooked rice easily turns mushy on getting stir fried. Finely shred cabbage, it will get cooked faster. Don’t overcook cabbage. It should remain crunchy. Add salt only once the cabbage is cooked. If added before, cabbage will release water and turn soft. While mixing everything, gently stir the rice otherwise grains will break. More vegetables like bell pepper, carrot, French beans, even corn can be added to it. Stir fry on high flame and keep all the ingredients ready and near the flame so the dish doesn’t get burned.
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