Thai Basil Fried Rice with Tofu

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Oil

Hard Tofu - 1

Eggs - 3

Ginger - small piece

Garlic - 7-8 cloves

Onions - 1/2

Green onions - 6

Brocolli - cut into 10-12 florets

Capsicum - 1/2 red, 1/2 yellow

Basil - 6 leaves chopped

Salt

Soy Sauce - 6 tsp

Hoisin sauce - 6 tsp

Green Chilly Sauce - 6 tsp

Rice - 1 cup (cooked rice)

Preparation:

1. Take oil in a pan and scramble the eggs and keep aside.

2. Deep fry the tofu in oil and keep it aside.

3. Take oil in a pan and add crushed ginger-garlic.

4. Add onions and saute them for a while.

5. Next add brocolli and capsicum.

6. Add green onions and chopped basil leaves. 

7. Once the vegetables cook a bit, add salt and fried tofu.

8. Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce and green chilly sauce.

9. Add cooked rice and mix well.

10. Add scrambled eggs and garnish it with basil leaves.

Sticky rice with Mango

The sticky rice with mango is a Thai specialty dessert. The sticky rice is made using the sweet rice which is available in the Asian stores. This sweet rice is cooked with the coconut milk to give it a toothsome flavor. I was lucky to get my hands on some of the Indian Mangoes from a grocery store this summer and I tried out this dessert that I love so much.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Sweet Rice - 1/2 cup

Coconut Milk - 3/4 cup

Sugar - 3 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Mango - 1

Preparation:

1. Wash the sweet rice thoroughly. The sweet rice looks like below:

We got it from this brand from an asian supermarket:

2. Add the rice to the pressure cooker along with coconut milk, sugar and salt and pressure cook it for 3 whistles.

3. Serve it with Mango slices.