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How many hours does this take to prepare?

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The entire process of cooking the rice, seasoning the vegetables and assembling the dish will likely take about 2 hours, including the waiting times and food preparation.

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Do I grind the fresh pepper or slice it for the fried rice?

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It depends on what pepper you are referring to. You can grind fresh peppercorns for seasoning and you can use diced or sliced peppers as a garnish.

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Where should I put my spices

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You'll add them to the sauteed onions, immediately after adding your mixed vegetables.

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Will you boil the ball pepper or fry it?

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As the chopped bell peppers are part of the mixed vegetables, it's going to be fried.

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The corn will be the one that has been cooked already a bit or a dried one?

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You can get a can of sweet corn, and if you want it fresh you can boil/cook it in your home (don't let it be too tender).

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What are the types of vegetables one can use?

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It largely depends on what you want in your fried rice, following are some vegetables you can use, it's not compulsory you use all: Bell peppers (green and yellow), green peas, sweet corn, carrots and so on!

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How will you make the rice look yellow before frying your veggies?

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You've got to boil your parboiled rice in the broth (your chicken, turkey or beef stock/water).

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Does it need to have pepper added and if it needed, which type of pepper will I add?

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The only peppers involved here are bell peppers (chopped), they're part of the mixed vegetables and they should be added to the sauteed onions.

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After parboiling the rice, what is the next step?

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Transfer it to a strainer or a sieve to get rid of the starch.

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