Bengali fried rice recipe is a simple easy Indan vegetable pulao recipe. But it is more flavourful than other Indian veg pulao dish I ever had. This recipe is so special to me because it is my Sunday lunch for a long time. When I was a kid my mom used to make this dish on weekends for us and it’s healthy too. Now I am making the same recipe for my kid now. It’s a recipe which any baby can like for its sweet taste. Yes, This recipe is a little sweet than other rice dishes. My mom used sugar in the dish as same I am doing.
Is Bengali fried rice recipe and Chinese fried recipe both are same?
NO. Both dishes are different from each other. In the Chinese fried rice, they fried the rice with chopped garlic, scallions, and with chopped vegetables and as spice they use black pepper, soy sauce and salt only. Chinese fried rice is a little salty. And the bengali fried rice or an indian veg pulao is little sweeter in taste and bengali never use garlic, scallion or any spices except ground cardamom and sugar and dry bay leaves in this recipe. The spice combination with rice in Bengali fried rice dish makes it so different in taste from other fried rice dishes. I tried many fried rice dishes belongs to many countries but this fried rice dish is unique in taste and no one competes for its taste. I love it’s taste so much.
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What kind of rice is perfect for this recipe?
“ATAP CHAL” is the perfect rice for Bengali fried rice dish. Here in Mumbai Atap chal or Atap rice is hard to find. So I replaced it with Basmati rice. Basmati rice is also an Atap chal/Atap rice which many Indians don’t know. The flavour of Bengali ‘Atap Chal’ is more fragrant than any other Basmati rice. If you find atap chal nearby any store to you must try it for this sweet rice pulao dish.
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Servings | Prep Time | Cook Time |
4People | 20Minutes | 20Minutes |
Servings | Prep Time |
4People | 20Minutes |
Cook Time |
20Minutes |
- 3 Cups of Long Grain Basmati Rice Washed and cleaned
- 1 Cups of Finely chopped carrrot
- 1 Cups of Finely chopped Green beans
- 1/3 Cups of Fresh or Frozen Peas
- 1 Piece of Dry bay leaves
- 1 Tsp full Ground small cardammom
- 1 Tbsp White Suger
- 1 and 1/2 Tbsp Salt or salt as per your taste
- 3 Tbsp Clarified Butter or Ghee
- 2 Tbsp raisins
- 2 Tbsp Cashew nuts
- 6 Cups of Water
Ingredients
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- Take a big cooking pot. Boil 6 cups of water without salt. high
- Now boil the rice for 10 minutes in high flame. After 10 minutes check if the rice is cooked properly turn off the gas and stain the water of rice help of a sieve and wash the rice quickly with running cold water. If you washed the boiled hot rice in running water then the cooking process will be stop and rice will be lo starchy.
- Now take another cooking pan or pot. Hot the pan or pot enough then add all the vegetables, bay leaves, cashew nuts, raisins or sultanas and clarified butter or ghee to it. Mix well and fry for 10 minutes over the medium heat.
- After 10 minutes add sugar and salt to the pan and fry for 5 minutes over the very low flame. In this stage dot high the gas flame then the goes will burn and it will caramelized and bitter in taste. Which we don't want.
- After 5 minutes add the rice 1 cup at a time mix well then add another cups of rice. When all the rice mix well with the other ingredients add the ground cardamom to it and mix well with the rice and turn off the gas. the dis is ready to serve.
- Serve this dish with any curry or lentil dish you like. It goes just perfect with any curry. Or you can eat this without anything else. Enjoy this delicious tasty homemade pulao rice with your family and friends.
Thanks for your Reply. I hope you will get a very good experience with my Bengali style Fried Rice recipe. And share your experience.
I have eaten a lot of Chinese fried rice but haven’t tried a Bengali version. I’ll surely try this recipe.
Thanks for the post.
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