Fish fried rice, another one dish meal recipe from indo-Chinese cuisine.  The preparation is a mix of fried fish finger fillets along with rice and vegetables, blended with sauces to get the Chinese touch and flavor. I used readily available Tilapia fillets here for this recipe. You may use the fish fillets of your choice or shrimp, following the same process.

For 5 Servings

Ingredients 

For fish :

1. Fish fillets  : ½  Kg
2. ChillI powder : 1 Tbl-sp
3. Turmeric powder : ½ T-sp
4. Ginger garlic paste : 1 T-sp
5. Salt for taste
6. Oil for frying

For Rice:

7. Basmati rice  : 3 Cups
8. Water  : 4 ½ Cup
9. Capsicum (big, cut sliced to finger style) :  1
10. Spring onion : 3 stems
11. Green peas : ½ Cup
12. Chopped onion(big) :  1
13. Chopped ginger :1 T-sp
14. Chopped garlic  : 2 Tsp
15. Chilli sauce : 1 Tbl-sp
16. Soya sauce  : ½ Tbl-sp
17. Pepper powder : 1 T-sp (adjust)
18. Oil  :  3 T-sp
19. Salt for taste

Method

• Cut the fish into strips (finger style)
• Marinate the fish with chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger- garlic paste and salt.
• Keep it for an hour in the fridge.
• Then shallow fry the fish pieces.

• In a pressure cooker add the rice, salt and 4.5 cups of water and cook it for one whistle and reduce the flame for another 2 minutes and switch off.
  (This is the method I normally used to cook my basmati rice. You can cook the rice with any method. Make sure rice shouldn’t be sticky or smashed. The grain should be separate.)

• In a big tawa/ pan add the oil along with the ginger garlic ,fry it until the color starts changing (~ 1 min)
• Then add the onion and fry it for about 4 minutes.
• Then add the capsicum and peas and fry it for another 3 minutes.
• Now the spring onion and fry it for a minute.
• Add the soy sauce, chilli sauce and pepper powder.
• Then add the cooked rice and mix it gently without breaking the rice.
  Check the salt and adjust if needed.

• Finally add the fried fish pieces and gently mix it without breaking the
  fish pieces, then turn off the stove.