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Burnt Garlic Fried Rice

Ingredients
Rice for Cooking 1 Cup (measuring Cup 25ml) 
Water 750ml 3 Cup
Salt  1/4 teaspoon
Oil 1/4 teaspoon
For stir Frying
Sesame Oil 2tablespoons
11 grams garlic or 10 to 11 small to medium garlic cloves or 1tablespoon finely chopped garlic 65 grams spring onions scallions 2 large or 1small spring onions or 1/2 cup chopped spring onion whites 75 grams carrot or 1-1/2 small carrot or 1/3 cup finely chopped carrots 25 grams beans or 6 to 7 beans finely chopped 75 grams capsicum or 2 medium capsicum or 1/2 cup finely chopped capsicum 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped celery optional 1/2 teaspoon crushed black pepper or pepper powder add as required 1/2 teaspoon naturally fermented soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon rice vinegar or regular vinegar 3 tablespoons chopped spring greens onion
salt as required
Method 
Cooking rice  rinse 1/2 cup very well in water till the water runs clear of starch then soak rice in enough water for 25 minutes after 35 minutes drain the rice and keep aside.
in a pot or pan heat 2 1/2 cup water.
when the water becomes hot add 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon Oil bring the water to boil on high flame. then add the rice.
gently stir or shake the pan. cook the rice on high flame till it becomes al dent this is the rapid boiling method of cooking rice hence on need to cover the pan with any lid. The rice should be al dent meaning almost cooked if you want you can cook the rice more. Then in a colander or strainer strain the rice. gently rinse the rice with running water this will stop cooking or the rice cover and keep the rice aside till it cools down the rice has to be cooled at room temperature before you add it to the stir fried veggies.
Preparing stir fried rice.
Now rinse and then chop finely all the veggies. you can use your choice of veggies. in a wok ro kadai heat 2-1/2 tablespoons sesame Oil. Add 1-1/2 tablespoon finely chopped garlic . On a low to medium flame begin to stir fry the garlic first the garlic would start turning light brown and then become golden, when the garlic turns golden remove 2 teaspoon of the garlic and keep aside we will use this stir fried garlic for garnish. Now continue to fry the garlic till it becomes more browned and a bit burnt. Once the garlic becomes more browned then add the spring onion whites reserve the spring onion greens to be added later and for garnish. Increase the flame to medium or high and stir fry the spring onions for a minute.
Then add finely chopped french beans this step is only if you are using fresh beans.
Stir fry for 3 minutes on a high flame. Then add all the other veggies mix well. Add 1-1/2  teaspoon crushed black pepper or pepper powder and 2 teaspoon finely chopped celery add black pepper as per your taste requirements skip celery if you do not have mix very well .
Stir fry the veggies for 3 minutes. Then add 2 teaspoon naturally fermented soy sause the one i used was a gluten free soy sauce mix the soy sauce very well with the stir fried veggies.
add the rice.
 Season with salt go easy on the salt as soy sauce already has salt in it mix  and toss the rice very well with the stir fried veggies and burnt garlic you can mix with a fork or spoon stir fry rice for a minute .
Then add 1/4  teas[ppm rice vinger and mix adding rice vinegar is optional and you can skip it instead of vinegar you can also add regular vinegar apple cider vinegar or lemon juice i generally add less vinegar but you can add more or less as per your requirements switch off the flame and lastly add 1/4 cup spring onion greens mix very well keep a few spring onion greens for garnish.
garnish with some spring onion greens and serve burnt garlic fried rice hot with Gobi Manchurian veg Manchurian or any undo Chinese gravy dish