Asian Shrimp Fried Rice

Overview :

Another quick, easy and tasty Asian recipe using shrimps, red and green bell peppers,onions and scallions.

The best things about Asian cuisine is that a regular flavor is obtained with a little spices. Its a game of sauces actually. 

Cooking Time : 30-40 mins including pre-cooking preparations, Serves 3-4

Ingredients :

• 3 cups plain boiled rice ( preferably brown rice).  Authentic Asian recipes use more brown rice than white.
• 3 grated garlic cloves
• 1 cup finely chopped red pepper.
• 1 cup finely chopped green pepper
• 1 bundle finely chopped scallions
• 15-20 washed medium sized shrimps
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 2 tsp red-chilli garlic sauce
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tbsp lemon juice for final acidity.
• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tbsp sugar

Recipe : 

1. Heat the cooking oil in a medium/large skillet over high flame and add the grated garlic. Saute until golden brown.
2. Add all the chopped vegetables and stir-fry gently. Add salt and 1 tbsp sugar generously all over the vegetables.
3. Reduce the heat to medium and keep covered for a minute.
4. Now add the mentioned amount of soy sauce, vinegar, garlic sauce to veggies. Stir gently. You will notice that the color of the gravy has changed to a darker brown.
5. Now add the lemon juice and the washed shrimps. Stir gently. The shrimps will loose some water. That is a normal thing to happen. Reduce the flame to medium low and cook opened.
6. Now stir well one last time. There will be a little gravy left in the vegetables.

Presentation :

Mix the vegetable-shrimp gravy with brown rice and serve hot. You can even make a presentation with rice by any contrasting way you like :-) . For spicier gravy, add more red-chilli garlic sauce or add some chopped green chillies as well.