When it rains...it pours!

It rained today! After many , many , many hot and hyper-humid days the Rain Gods finally decided to give us all a break!Well , thank heavens they have a kind bone somewhere...

Went for a loooong walk in the park and then went to this store to buy a mattress.Turns out  this particular store- Seating World,  loves inflating prices. Mattresses that are priced at 600 dollars in the US are sold from anywhere between 1 lakh to 6 effin lakhs! Did the greedy owner sell his/her soul to the demon? Well , your guess is as good as mine cause the surprisingly affable sales lady at the store, told us that they were doing very , very well and seemed to mean it! 

I was seriously looking forward to getting a Simmons mattress ...have heard their stuff is the bomb and can make any light sleeper snooze like sleeping beauty!:(And I desperately need my forty winks!Waaaaaaaaaah:(( These are the times you wish you had lightening bolts to spare! Bloody greed!

Anyways to stem the disappointment I turned to my kitchen for solace and whipped up some Egg Fried Rice. It was really simple to make!

Ingredients: 

2 eggs ( if you are vegan I would suggest you use scrambled tofu)  

2 tbs vegetable oil ,

2 red chillies ( varied depending on your spice palette) ,

2 cups finely diced vegetables (beans , american sweet corn ,carrots and red peppers)

3 tsp dark soy sauce (vary based on how dark that brand of sauce is..if it is very strong use only 1 large tsp)

2 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp of white pepper (really makes the dish come alive)

2 cups jasmine rice 

3 cups of water

And now for how I went about the whole thing... Cook the jasmine rice by throwing in 3 cups of water in a rice cooker. You'll know when it's done when the heady aroma greets you! It brings me to my knees!I love the smell of jasmine rice!My mum actually used to bring back Jasmine rice from the US every time she visited the states! Now , I understand why! So take the cooked rice and spread it out on a plate and let it cool for a bit. Make sure the rice doesn't stick to each other.

Moving on , take a big wok , pour some oil in and scramble the eggs. Keep aside. Next wipe the wok clean and pour some more vegetable oil in and sauté the chillies and  finely diced veggies until crisp on a high flame.Cook for about 3.5 minutes following which you add the 1 tsp of dark soy sauce and light soy sauce in alternation.Add the scrambled eggs and cooled rice to this mixture. Now on a high flame , mix in one more tsp of light soy sauce , white pepper and 2 tsps of dark soy sauce and cook for another minute or 2. Finally garnish with sliced scallions if you have any!:)

I really liked how the dish turned out ...almost made me forget the debacle that was Seating World as visions of  uber-inflated mattress prices were replaced by memories of the yummy chinese take-out food we used to get in Sfo !

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