Stir-fried brown rice with holy basil sauce

  • Portion size: Serves 1-2
  • Hands-on time 20 min
  • Difficulty: easy
Recipe by: Saiphin Moore

”I used to make the classic Thai stir-fry dish called pad kra prow (ka prow is holy basil) with brown rice on the side, as taught to me by my mum. But I knew there was a dish that combined them in the pan. Stir-frying the rice in the sauce brings an entirely different taste to this dish. I love tossing holy basil into the hot pan at the end, letting the warm, aniseed aromatics fill the kitchen” – Saiphin Moore

This recipe is from Saiphin’s cookbook, Rosa’s Thai Café: The Vegetarian Cookbook.

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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2-3 red or green bird’s eye chillies, finely chopped (to taste)
  • 50g onion, finely diced
  • 50g carrot, finely diced
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp dark soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp caster sugar
  • 100g cooked brown jasmine rice at room temperature
  • 100g cooked white jasmine rice at room temperature
  • 25g spring greens, roughly chopped
  • 25g spring onion, finely chopped
  • 3 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Small handful fresh holy basil leaves
  • Lime wedges to garnish
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Method

  1. Heat the oil in a wok set over a medium heat. Add the garlic and chillies and stir-fry for about 30 seconds until the garlic is golden brown. Add the onion and carrot and stir-fry for about 2 minutes until the onion is slightly translucent.
  2. Stir in both soy sauces and the sugar, then toss the rice into the wok and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes until all the ingredients are well combined. Finally, add the spring greens, spring onion, tomatoes and holy basil (see tip) and stir-fry for a further minute until the spring greens are cooked through. Serve immediately, garnished with lime wedges.
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  • Nutrition

    • 252kcals Calories
    • 6.9g (0.6g saturated) Fat
    • 5.5g Protein
    • 40.1g (12g sugars) Carbs
    • 3.7g Fibre
    • 2.5g Salt

    For 2

    Quick wins & tips

    Holy basil has a peppery flavour and is available from some Asian grocers. If they don’t have it use sweet Thai basil, also available from Ocado and Asda.

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