Aini'S Fried Rice
- 1.2 cups of cooked rice (For
- best results, the rice can
- be cooked a few hours
- earlier and then cooled down
- sufficiently to avoid being
- soggy when fried.)
- 2.1 large Spanish or Bombay
- onion
- 3.3 pips garlic
- 4.3 or 4 fresh small bird
- chillies or 1 large red
- chilli (the former is the
- hotter variety but has a
- better flavour)
- 5.1 to 2 tbs. anchovies or
- dried shrimps
- 6.1 egg
- 7.2 tbs. cooking oil
- 8.2 or 3 pinches of salt
- 9.cucumber and tomato for
- garnishing
- 1.Peel the onions and garlic,
- to be diced and then pounded
- or grinded (the traditional
- Malaysian would prefer
- pounding as it gives a
- better taste)
- 2.Wash and pound/grind the
- chillies
- 3.Wash and pound/grind the
- anchovies or dried shrimps
- 4.Heat oil in a wok
- 5.Saute' the onions and garlic
- till fragrant then add the
- chillies. Stir continuosly
- for a minute in moderate
- heat.
- 6.Throw in the anchovies-keep
- stirring till they are
- just cooked. Put in the salt
- 7.Make a whole in the centre
- and put in the egg. Stir the
- egg while it's cooking in
- the centre of the wok.
- 8.When the egg is half-cooked,
- gradually mix up all the
- ingredients, stirring well
- and making sure that no
- part of the cooking is
- burnt
- 9.Dish out onto a serving
- plate. Garnish with sliced
- cucumber and wedged tomato.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/ainis-fried-rice-1278586 (may not work)