Vegetarian Stir Fry!!

Stir fry's are a YES!+ students best friend. It involves opening up the fridge, finding what we need to use (before their colors change) and making it work.


My recipes for stir-fry are approximations for no two stir-fries are ever the same. But somehow they taste reasonable similar.

I start with putting some rice ( around 2 cups of brown/short grain rice) in the rice cooker. I like adding salt, and some lime juice into my rice cooker. You could throw in a bit of oil to keep the grains from sticking to each other too.


For the stir-fry:

2 tablespoons seasme seed oil. (The key to asian tasting food) Other light oils work too.

1/2 teaspoon seasme seeds
1 teaspoon each: cumin & ginger
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or better yet one fresh green chilly - finely diced.
1 red onion, sliced or diced
4 cloves garlic, chopped

Now this part is up to you - you can use these veggies - or throw in whatever else you've got - green peppers, spring onions, etc..

1 head of broccoli, cut into florets
3-4 medium carrots, cut as matchstick-like as possible.
1 large zucchini , sliced into half moons
2 heaping cups shredded cabbage (if thats too much work - slice 'em thin)


For the sauce:

2/3 cup vegetable broth, heated
1 handful fresh cilantro, loosely chopped


Heat the oil in a large deep skillet or wok and add the seeds, then the spices; stir for a minute to infuse the oil. Throw in the onion, garlic and veggies and stir-fry until almost tender-crisp- about 4-5 minutes. When the veggies are just about to reach that lovely tender-crisp stage, add the sauce and cilantro, and stir well. Continue to cook for another 2-3 minutes, stirring the veggies to coat.

Add in just enough cooked rice for serving, and stir to combine. I keep the ratio heavy on the veggie side, and use the rice more as a condiment.

I like to garnish with cilantro leaves on top, lime juice squeezed on top, some sesame seeds strewn on top too. But thats just me. Usually I've already devoured half the meal before I'm done cooking. So things might no reach that stage.

Should feed 4 normal people or around 1 and a half hungry YES!+ warriors.

And remember Stir Fry's are all about experimentation - add protein in whatever form floats your boat - tofu, soy protein, paneer etc...

More vegetarian recipes at this link: (i stole the picture from the site)
Read more: http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2006/02/stir-fry-bliss.html#ixzz0OawogoUb