A silver pan of rice with vegetables with a serving spoon on a stone board next to wedges of lime

Healthy fried rice

Name: Healthy fried rice
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 20g ginger peeled and roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves peeled and roughly chopped; ½ green chilli roughly chopped; 3 tsp vegetable oil; 45g paneer cut into 1cm cubes; 250g cooked brown basmati rice; 1 carrot finely diced; 80g chestnut mushrooms thickly sliced; 50g frozen peas; 1 spring onion trimmed and finely chopped; ½ tsp mild curry powder; a small handful of coriander leaves roughly chopped; 1 lime juiced

Nadine Brown

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Serves 1

Easy

Total time: 20 mins

+ marinating

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Cubes of chewy, golden paneer are tossed through fragrant fried rice for a healthy twist on a classic, flavoured with ginger, garlic, chilli and curry powder

Gluten free

Low salt

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

20g ginger

peeled and roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves

peeled and roughly chopped
½ green chilli

roughly chopped
3 tsp vegetable oil
45g paneer

cut into 1cm cubes
250g cooked brown basmati rice
1 carrot

finely diced
80g chestnut mushrooms

thickly sliced
50g frozen peas
1 spring onion

trimmed and finely chopped
½ tsp mild curry powder
a small handful of coriander leaves

roughly chopped
1 lime

juiced

Nutrition: per serving

kcal677
fat26.9g
saturates9g
carbs75.3g
sugars11.3g
fibre16.4g
protein25.3g
salt0.2g

low

Method

step 1

Blitz the ginger, garlic and chilli in a mini food processor until a smooth paste forms, adding 1-2 tsp of water to loosen if needed. Put the paneer in a small bowl along with half the paste and stir to coat. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes if you can.
step 2

Put a wok over a high heat. Add 1 tsp of the oil and, once shimmering, add the paneer. Cook, stirring frequently, for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate and cover.
step 3

Add another tsp of oil to the wok and return to the heat. Add the rice and stir-fry until heated through. Scrape the rice into a bowl. Add the final tsp of oil to the wok and stir-fry the carrot and mushrooms for 1 minute, then add the peas and spring onion. Stir-fry for a further minute then add the remaining ginger paste along with the curry powder. Stir-fry for 1 minute.
step 4

Add the rice and paneer back into the pan. Toss everything together then remove from the heat and stir in the coriander and lime juice.

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