Schezwan Fried Rice - with Homemade Schezwan sauce

Ingredients:
For fried rice:
1. Rice - 100 gms
2. Carrot - 1/2 cup- finely chopped
3. Beans - 1/2 cup finely chopped
4. Capsicum - 1/2 cup finely chopped
5. Cabbage - 1/2 cup finely chopped
6. Onion - 1/2 cup finely chopped
7. Baby corn - 1/2 cup finely chopped
8. Spring onion - 1/2 cup
9. Salt - as required
10. Sugar - 1 tbsp
11. Oil - 2 tbsp

For Schezwan Sauce:
1. Red chiili - 7-8 Nos
2. Garlic - 5 cloves finely chopped
3. Onion - 2 tbsp
4. Salt - as required
5. Sugar - 1 tsp
6. Oil - 2 tbsp


Method:

1. Cook rice and spread it on a  wide vessel and allow it to cool.

For Schezwan Sauce:

2. Bring about 100 gms of water to boil and soak the red chillies in hot water for 20 mins
3. After 20 mins , add it to a mixture and grind it into a smooth paste.

4. In a pan, add 2 tbsp of oil and add the chopped garlic. Let the oil get heated along with the garlic , by this way the aroma of garlic infuses into the oil.

5. Wait for the garlic becomes beautiful golden brown and then add the onion. 

6. Wait for the onion to become golden brown. add some salt for quicker browning. Once the onion is beautiful golden, add the ground chilli paste.

7. Add two tablespoons of water, add the required salt for the sauce and allow it to boil. the chilli should cook in the heat and oil.

8. After couple of minutes of continuous stirring, the sauce starts to thicken. add sugar now. allow it to cook further.

9. Once the sauce gathers into a nice ball, remove it off the heat. the consistency is very important. it should be nice, thick, paste.

For rice:

10. Add oil to a pan.(I used the same pan in which I made the sauce.) Once the oil is hot, add onions.

11. Saute until the onions start becoming translucent. Add all the veggies, except the spring onion.

12. Add the salt required for the veggies and cook for a couple of minutes.

13. Add some sugar now, so that the veggies do not change color.

14. Cover and cook for a couple of minutes. once the veggies are steamed until soft, add the schezwan sauce.

15. Mix well, until the sauce is completely incorporated into the veggies.

16. Add rice. Mix well. Do a taste test and add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with Spring onion.

17. Serve hot