GREEN FRIED RICE

GREEN FRIED RICE

Here is another recipe for my cheap organic meals series. The series is to show you how you can make healthy nutritious meals that are organic and extremely cheap and affordable. 

The nutritionists and health freaks will turn their nose up at my use of white rice here BUT, I love the stuff, I don't eat it a lot any more but sometimes I need it to help me ground whilst doing healing work. This dish is Super cheap, wholesome and grounding for the soul. Asparagus is a seasonal powerhouse, it's great fo: urinary tract, cleansing the liver and the adrenals. It also includes a wide list of vitamins and minerals:  A, C, E, K, and B6, as well as folate, iron, copper, calcium,and protein.

Rice

• 1 measured cup white basmati rice 

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil 

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil 

• 1 star anise

• 4 cloves 

• 1 cinnamon stick 

• himalayan salt

Stir fried greens 

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil

• 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)

• 1 thumb ginger (finely chopped)

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

• 1 tablespoon seaweed extract (vegan fish sauce)

•  4 spring onions (finely sliced, keeping heads back for garnish)

• 100g asparagus (finely 1cm chunks)

• 1 courgette (finely 1cm chunks)

• 100g frozen peas

• ½ teaspoon ground white pepper 

• himalayan salt 

Garnish 

Spring onion tips, sesame seeds, nigella seeds

Method

Wash the white rice under some cold water in a fine sieve. Boil the kettle with 500ml water. 

Put a saucepan on medium heat adding all of the ingredients except for the rice. The coconut oil melts and the spices release their flavours into the oils. After a few minutes add the rice into the pan, stirring throughout so it can take on all of the flavours from the pan. Now add the boiling water, you need double the amount of water to rice. So 1 measured cup = 2 cups of boiling water which is 400ml.

Give the water and the rice a good stir, raise the heat to max and get the water boiling for around 30 seconds and then pop a lid on and drop to medium heat. Following packet cooking instructions for time. 

 Meanwhile, put another large frying pan on medium high heat and add coconut oil. Once this has melted add garlic, ginger and spring onion, let this fry off for a few minutes, before adding the rest of the veggies. Add sesame oil, seaweed extract, salt and white pepper and keep stirring letting the veggies cook for a few minutes. 

Raise the heat of the pan to really high and channel your inner wok master by continuously siring the veggies making sure they don't burn but get some colour. This give the dish that distinct fried rice flavour. After a couple of minutes turn the heat down to medium and let them sit in a lower heat for a few more minutes. 

 Now check your rice, the water should be gone and there should be holes formed in the top all dotted around in the rice. This means it's done. Run a fork through and pop the lid back on off the heat for a minute. Add the rice to the pan and fold in through the veggies making sure it gets coated with all the flavours.  

 Serve it up and garnish!