Moringa flower fried rice

Today made a totally different fried rice. Southwest monsoon is on. Our Moringa tree is full bloomed. The showers are bringing down some flowers also. I had made a delicious stir fry with this flowers. It is covid 19 pandemic time, and we seniors are still locked down. Enjoying our passions. One among my favourite passion is exploring more recipes in cooking. It is going on. Lucky to have tasters in next doors to comment on the dishes. 

It is a good exercise to pick and collect the flowers from the ground, wash it, cleaned , drained and chopped. I love the workout of picking flowers. After washing I soaked the flowers in turmeric water. Then only drained and chopped. To make the dish more colourful I add carrots and fresh moringa leaves.

Ingredients 

Basmati rice 1 cup, cooked with a pinch of turmeric and salt to taste,

Carrot 3, peeled and grated,

Moringa flowers chopped 11/2 cups,

Onion 1, ginger 1-2 inch piece, garlic cloves 9, all three finely chopped,

Green chilli 7, silted,

Pepper corns few,

Vegetable oil 1 tbsp.,

Soy sauce 2 tsp., and chilli sauce 1 tbsp.,

Salt to taste.

Preparation 

Heat the oil in a shallow pan, drop in the onion, ginger and garlic, sauté till tender, add carrots and  salt , sauté till stewed, add moringa flower, mix well and allow to cook for 2 minutes in low flame, add moringa leaves, mix well, add the soy sauce and cooked rice, combine well, garnish with chilli sauce. Serve hot. It’s super delicious and nutritious.