Schezwan Fried Rice is an Indo-Chinese delicacy that is very popular across India. Be it roadside joints in Mumbai or niche restaurants in Bangalore, Schezwan Fried Rice is found on all the major menus. But as you all know, I like to experiment with different cuisines so much that Schezwan Fried Rice couldn’t be given a miss. Tad spicy, you can relish it as it is or with an accompaniment of scrumptious Vegetables in Chinese Chili Garlic Sauce. When I made Shezwan Fried Rice for the first time, it turned out to be good but I felt like it missed something, on doing some research, I found out that the key to preparing delicious, restaurant-style Schezwan Fried Rice is to add freshly cut celery while preparing Schezwan Fried Rice. It lends a very nice aroma to the dish and makes it tastier as well. If you don’t have access to celery, you can use coriander as well and Indianize it a bit.
The recipe to make Schezwan rice is fairly simple and it is a very good way to use the left over rice. It requires a lot of garlic, various sauces, celery and vegetables. If you are pressed on time, you can buy Schezwan sauce from market and use it instead of making the sauce at home. Make it along with a Chinese Style curry for a complete meal.
Plan an Indo-Chinese dinner night and include Schezwan Fried Rice on the menu or savour it when are feeling too lazy to make an elaborate meal. It ensures to tickle the taste buds! Following is my recipe for quickly making this dish, read it at your ease:
And if you like this recipe, do try our other Schezwan and Indo Chinese Recipes
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Schezwan Fried Rice
Schezwan Fried Rice
Shezwan Fried Rice
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 2
Ingredients
- Dry red chilies - 10-12 use less if you like less spicy
- Garlic- 8-10 cloves
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Celery - 2 tbsp chopped
- Brown sugar - 1 tbsp
- Spring onion - 1 tbsp and for garnishing
- Vinegar - 1 tbsp
- Tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp
- MSG - 1/4 tsp Optional
- Salt to taste
- Corn flour - 1/2 tbsp
- Water - 1 cup
- Sesame oil - 1 tbsp
- Ginger - 1 inch piece grated
- Mixed vegetables - 1 cup I used carrots, bell peppers, broccoli and cabbage
- Cooked rice - 2 cups
Instructions
- Soak dry red chilies and garlic in water for 20 minutes.
- Discard water
- Blend in a blender to make a paste.
- Heat sesame oil in a pan.
- Add the chili garlic paste in the pan.
- Add celery, brown sugar, spring onions, vinegar, tomato ketchup, MSG and salt.
- Dissolve cornflour in 1 cup water and add it to the sauce.
- Cook till sauce thickens.
- Remove the pan from heat and let the sauce cool.
- Add sesame oil in a pan.
- Add the chopped vegetables.
- Cook for a minute.
- Add the cooked rice and the schezwan sauce. ( I used the entire sauce as I like my rice spicy. You can use it according to your taste )
- Mix well and fry rice for 2-3 minutes.
- Add salt according to your taste.
- Garnish with spring onion greens.
- Serve hot.
Sona S
August 5, 2013 at 9:35 amLooks delicious and inviting.
Divya Shivaraman
August 5, 2013 at 7:23 pmwonderfully done and so inviting..
Rachit
December 3, 2013 at 10:40 amSo the rice is hardly fried then? Hmmm….very interesting method! Thanks!!!
kushi
May 18, 2015 at 1:56 pmI love schezwan sauce alot and this rice looks very YUM
msnehamathur
May 19, 2015 at 5:54 amThnx Kushi
Sana Batool
May 20, 2015 at 7:08 amlooks delicious… Shezwan Fried Rice
Sheetal Soni
June 21, 2017 at 1:23 pmHi Neha,
Can i use Basmati Rice for the above recipe, will it taste good ?