Chinese vegetable rice recipe

This is a great dish on its own as a light snack/starter or as an accompaniment to chicken or red meat.

Ingredients

1 tsp turmeric

2 tbsp sunflower oil

225 g courgettes, diced

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 green bell pepper, diced

1 green chili

1 meduim carrot, grated

150 g/15 ½ oz beansprouts

6 spring onions, sliced plus to garnish

2 tbsp soy sauce

 Place the rice and turmeric in a saucepan of lightly salted water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and leave to simmer until the rice is just tender. Drain and press out any excess water.

 Heat the oil in a hot wok.

 Add the courgettes to the work and stir-fry for 2 minutes

 Add the bell peppers and chilli and fry for 2-3 minutes.

 Add the cooked rice to the mixture and toss well.

 Add the carrots, beansprouts and spring onions to the wok and fry for a further 2 mins. Drizzle with soy sauce and serve garnished with the extra spring onions.