Schezwan fried rice recipe with step by step pictures and recipe video – Fiery cuisines with bold flavours are an unbeatable combination is Indo-Chinese food having a moderate spice level. Schezuan fried rice recipe is one such spicy yet tasty version having loads of chopped vegetables in it.
Like you, most of my encounters with this dish used to happen at a distant eatery or restaurant, on special occasions when my husband took us out for lunch/dinner. However, nowadays, I prepare it at home, because I believe homemade stuff has a different flavour, which restaurants lack.
As you know, I always pen down those recipes that are most searched on the internet. To my surprise, I discovered that Schezwan Fried Rice was one such cuisine. Moreover, I got many requests from my followers, wanting me to share the ingenious Indian Spicy Fried Rice recipe and so here I am, jotting it down only for you all to enjoy a home-made vegetarian dish.
My kids and my husband who are not at all fond of veggies loved it. Nowadays, special occasions mean homemade Vegetarian Schezwan Fried Rice served with Sweet Corn Soup or sometimes with Lemon coriander soup and most favorite of mine is veg manchurian.
Lot’s of my followers request me for non-veg recipe such as chicken fried rice or egg schezwan fried rice. But’ since i’m a vegetarian I can’t make these either. But if you want to see my other Indo-Chinese recipes then you can check potato in manchurian sauce, chinese salad and aloo manchurian
I believe three major ingredients make up this incredible peppery dish– home-produced Schezwan chutney or sauce, crushed garlic and all those colour adding veggies, which need to be sautéed and left crunchy enough for introducing that perfect texture. So if you are wondering on ‘how to make Schezwan Fried Rice’, the restaurant styled ones, following this recipe will be the wisest thing to do.
Schezwan Veg Fried Rice no longer happens to be our most ordered food item today. This is something, which I cook at home for house parties or for my husband’s office potluck parties. However, before you jump into making this much-awaited spicy Schezwan Veg Fried Rice recipe, know certain tactics that will help you keep the smoky flavour and texture intact. The first is to cook the dish at high temperatures and the second is to stir it constantly. So now that you know even the minute secrets to an amazing and authentic Schezwan Fried Rice recipe, try it out this weekend and let me know your experience.
Schezwan Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 4 cups Basmati rice
- 1 cup Spring onions chopped
- 1/3 cup Capsicum chopped
- 1/3 cup French beans chopped
- 1/3 cup Red bell pepper
- 1/3 cup Carrot chopped
- 1 tbsp Celery chopped
- 11/2 tsp Schezwan chutney homemade
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 1 tsp Garlic crushed
- Salt to taste
- 3/4 tsp white pepper powder
- 4 tbsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, once the oil becomes hot add crushed garlic and sauté it for few seconds
- Now add chopped celery and sauté it for few seconds.
- Now add veggies (capsicum, French beans, carrot, red bell pepper), sauté it on high flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Do not over cook the veggies; just cook it slightly to make it crunchy.
- Once veggies get cooked add ½ of the spring onions (keep ½ of the remaining spring onions for further use) and mix it well.
- Lastly add boiled rice, white pepper powder, vinegar, schezwaun chutney, salt, mix it well until all the spices gets blended well.
- You can adjust the quantiy of chutney as per your taste as it is little spicy.
- Schezwaun fried rice is ready to serve.
- Garnish with remaining spring onions and serve hot.
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Equipments Used
Philips Mixer, Prestige Pan, Prestige induction
How to make Schezwan fried rice:
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, once the oil becomes hot add crushed garlic and sauté it for few seconds
- Now add chopped celery and sauté it for few seconds.
- Now add veggies (capsicum, French beans, carrot, red bell pepper), sauté it on high flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Do not over cook the veggies; just cook it slightly to make it crunchy.
- Once veggies get cooked add ½ of the spring onions (keep ½ of the remaining spring onions for further use) and mix it well.
- Lastly add boiled rice, white pepper powder, vinegar, schezwaun chutney, salt, mix it well until all the spices gets blended well.
- You can adjust the quantiy of chutney as per your taste as it is little spicy.
- Schezwaun fried rice is ready to serve.
- Garnish with remaining spring onions and serve hot.