Name: Bhuteko bhat (Nepalese egg fried rice)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Nepalese
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 fresh curry leaf sprig, leaves picked and torn; ¼ teaspoon dill seeds; ¼ teaspoon caraway seeds; 50 g (1¾ oz/⅓ cup) fresh green peas; 50 g (1¾ oz/⅓ cup) diced carrot; 45 g (1½ oz/⅓ cup) diced celery; 50 g (1¾ oz/¼ cup) corn kernels; 45 g (1½ oz/¾ cup) broccoli florets; 2 ripe tomatoes, diced; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 370 g (13 oz/2 cups) leftover cooked rice, at room temperature; 2 cm (¾ inch) knob of fresh turmeric, peeled and grated, or ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 3½ tablespoons virgin coconut oil; ½ onion, finely diced

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

About

When you are in need of a quick carb boost, this is the dish! I lived on it while trekking in Nepal. It fills you up, can be made very quickly and tastes so good.

You can use any type of rice you like, although the dish will taste even better if made with cold leftover cooked rice — just make sure it isn’t cold and sticky.

I have added caraway seeds to this dish, for their unique complexity of flavour.