Fried rice

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked cold rice (not over cooked )
2tsp garlic paste
2 tsp chillie paste or more if you like it hot
2 tsp light soya sauce
1 big onion chopped
1/4 cup oil
1 cup of mixed vegetables diced ( carrot, cauliflower, beans )
Or any vegetables of your choice
1 tbs of shelled peas
1/2 a potato diced and fried
1 tbs corn kernals
1/4 tsp aji-no-motto optional
salt to taste

For garnishing
1 small fresh red chillie cut in slanting slices
1 bulb onion leaves cut into small rounds
1 tbs of deep fried onion crisps.

Method:

• Put the wok on fire. pour the oil. Put in the garlic paste and stir for a minute, then add the chopped onion and stir again. 
• Add the chillie paste and continue stirring over a medium heat till the raw smell goes.
• Add in the vegetables,except the fried potatoes, and salt to taste, ( remember you have the soya sauce ) and cook for 1--2 minutes, till the vegetables are a bit tender.
• Add the rice, the fried potatoes, soya sauce, aji-no-motto (if used ) and stir fry until the rice is heated through.
• Dish out and garnish with fresh red chillies, cut onion leaves, and onion crisps.

Variations

For non-veg, you can add 1/2 cup of cooked chicken meat, or cleaned,boiled prawns.

For garnishing

1/2 an egg omlette shredded