Schezwan fried rice is spicy compared to the normal fried rice.It can be prepared by using basmati rice or some small grain rice.



  For that you have to prepare schezwan sauce first. You can also prepare this before, cool it and refrigerate it. 

For the sauce:

Red chillies                   : 10 nos

Garlic cloves                 : 10nos

Ginger                           : 1/2"pc

Soya sauce                    : 1tbsp

Tomato ketchup            : 2tbsp

Salt to taste

Sugar                            :1 tsp

Oil                                : 2tbsp

Black pepper                : 1tsp

Vinigar                         : 1/4 cup

Method:

Chop the garlic and ginger finely and keep aside.

Take the dry red chillies and remove the stalk. Take a pan boil this chillies with vinegar, If you want it less spicy remove the seeds of the chillies. Simmer it for 5 mins. Then drain the chillies ( dont throw the vinegar, can use for grinding it) and adding little vinegar to this  grind it in a mixie to a paste.

Heat oil in a kadai and add the chopped garlic and ginger.Fry for a couple of mins and add the chilli paste to this.  Mix well, and add tomato ketchup, soya sauce, salt. pepper and sugar.  Mix it and simmer this for 5 mins. Now the sauce is ready. Remove from fire and cool it.

For fried rice:



Basmati rice or any small
 grain rice cooked                     : 2 cups
Carrot/beans/cabbage               
(chopped finely)                       : 1cup
Capsicum green  chopped        : 1/4 cup
Garlic/ginger shopped              : 1tbsp
Oil                                             : 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
pepper pdr(optional)                 : 1 tsp




Cook rice in a rice cooker adding one and a half cups water and salt, add a tsp of oil also.
The grains should be separate.
Heat oil in wide pan, add chopped garlic and ginger, saute for a minute. Then add the cabbage first saute it for one or two mins till the raw smell goes. Then add the capsicum, carrot and beans add salt saute well for 2 or 3mins. It will cook fast as it is chopped finely. Now add the schezwan sauce to this and mix well. Finally add the rice to this, mix well.



Mix the rice well so that the sauce and the veggies mix evenly with the rice. Garnish with spring onions, serve hot with your choice of side dish or some manchurian!!