Plain (Red) Fried Rice

This is the quickest and easiest of all the fried-rice dishes. It gets its red color from tomato ketchup. If you think it odd that ketchup is used, believe me, it is authentic and used widely in Thailand today. It is even bottled locally. I once had a Thai cook who had to be gently but firmly restrained from adding it to every dish that she cooked for us. She reasoned that if we liked it once, we would like it every time!