Full Written recipe for Burnt Garlic Fried Rice with Basil Chilli Paneer 



Prep time: 20-25 minutes
Cooking time: 30-35 minutes
Serves: 2-3 people

Basil Chilli Paneer

Ingredients: 
For frying paneer:
• Cornflour 1/3 cup
• Refined Flour ¼ cup
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder 1 pinch
• Oil 1 tsp
• Water to adjust the consistency of batter
• Paneer 500g (cubes)

Method:

• In a large bowl add all the ingredients of the batter, use a whisk to make a lump-free semi thick batter, make sure that the batter is neither too thick nor too thin.
• Add the paneer cubes to the batter, ensure that the cubes get coated nicely and set them aside.
• Now in a large pot, pour enough oil for frying and let it heat nicely.
• Once the oil gets heated, add the paneer cubes and deep fry them on a medium high flame until golden brown. Remove the paneer from the oil using a spider and put it in a sieve to drip off the excess oil.
• Your crispy paneer for the chilli basil gravy is ready.

For Basil chilli paneer gravy:

• Oil 1 tsp
• Ginger 1 inch chopped
• Garlic ¼ cup
• Green chillies 1-2 nos sliced
• Spring onion bulbs 2-3 nos chopped
• Onions ½ cup (triangle petals)
• Capsicum ½ cup (triangle cut)
• Veg stock 400-500 ml
• Green chilli paste 1 tsp
• Light soy sauce 1 tsp
• Dark soy sauce 1 tsp
• Vinegar 1 tsp
• White pepper powder 1 pinch
• Sugar 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Corn flour slurry
1. Cornflour 2 tbsp
2. Water 2 tbsp
• Fried paneer
• Spring onion greens 1 inch chopped
• Basil leaves few sprigs

Method:

• Set a wok on high heat and make sure to heat it well, add oil, ginger & garlic, green chillies, spring onion bulbs, stir & cook for a minute on high flame.
• Further add the onion petals and triangle cup capsicum followed by hot veg stock.
• Now add rest of the ingredients, mix well and bring it to boil.
• To make the slurry, combine cornflour and water in a separate bowl, mix it well until completely homogenized.
• Further, add the slurry while stirring the gravy & cook on high heat until the sauce thickens.
• Once the sauce thickens, add the crispy fried paneer along with fresh spring onion greens and torn basil leaves, stir & cook on high flame for a minute.
• Your basil chilli paneer is ready.

Burnt garlic fried rice

Ingredients:
For fried garlic
• Oil 1/3 cup
• Garlic ½ cup chopped

Method:

• Set a pan on high heat, pour some oil and heat it a little bit.
• Once heated, add the chopped garlic and fry it on medium flame for a minute.

• Further, lower the flame and fry until light golden brown. The colour of the garlic tends to change quickly once they turn light golden brown so be extremely careful at this stage of frying and keep stirring it to  prevent the garlic from sticking out to the pan.

• Now strain the fried garlic using a strainer, make sure you press the garlic using a spoon to squeeze out the excess oil.
• Reserve the oil as it now has imparted the flavour of garlic, use it to make burnt fried rice further in the recipe.
• Your fried garlic is ready.

Burnt Rice

• Garlic flavoured oil 1 tbsp
• Garlic 2 tbsp chopped
• Spring onion bulbs 2 tbsp chopped
• Spring onion greens 1 tbsp chopped
• Cooked rice 3 cups
• Salt to taste
• White pepper powder 1 pinch
• Sugar 1 pinch
• Aromat powder 1 tsp
• Light soy sauce 1 tsp
• Spring onion green a small handful chopped
• Vinegar 1 tsp
• Fried garlic 2 tsp

Method:

• Set a wok on a high flame and heat it extremely well, add garlic flavoured oil and chopped garlic, keeping the flame on high stir & cook the garlic until it gets some colour.
• Further add spring onion bulbs and spring onion greens & cook on high heat until the onions become translucent.
• Now add the cooked rice and season it with salt, white pepper powder, sugar, aromat powder & add the remaining ingredients, stir & cook on medium high heat for 1-2 minutes.
• Your burnt garlic fried rice is ready.