Lazy day favourite - Fried Rice ( Veg., Egg or Both)

A favorite of mine,especially after coming to USA. This helps me survive the days when I don't want to do lot of chopping, cutting, cooking and cleaning. I usually have a packet of frozen mixed vegetables in my freezer which makes my life a lot easier. In India I had to make everything from scratch like peeling the carrots and then chopping all the veggies. Its quite flexible based on the ingredients you have at your disposal. The good thing about this is that it can also be made for just one person :). Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients
Cooked rice
Salt
Powdered black pepper
Eggs
Coriander leaves(optional)

Veggies:
Carrots
Green beans
Peas(optional)
Spring onions(optional)

Process

1. Cooked rice should not be mushy, the grains should be fairly separate. Can also use the leftover rice.
2. Chop all the carrots and beans into small pieces. Chop the spring onions into pieces of approx. 1 inch.
3. Heat a pan and add enough oil to fry the veggies. When the oil is hot add the veggies, little salt and pepper powder and fry till they are cooked. Take out of pan.
   
   
   
   
4. Add little oil and break the eggs into and mix to make the scramble egg add little salt and pepper. Take out of the pan. Note: In the pictures I did not the veggies and eggs as I was cooking for one person.
5. Now add the rice to the pan and fry it for some time. Now add the veggies and scrambled egg. Mix in well. Check for the salt and pepper, add more if required.
   
   
   
   
6. Garnish with coriander and serve.

As I said it is quite a flexible dish, add the veggies you like and skip on eggs and it becomes a veg. fried rice . Add the eggs and skip the veggies it becomes the egg fried rice. Try out your own variations and enjoy.