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  • Question
    How many hours does this take to prepare?
    Qamar
    Top Answerer
    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.
  • Question
    Do I grind the fresh pepper or slice it for the fried rice?
    Community Answer
    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.
  • Question
    Where should I put my spices
    Adebanjo Deborah
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    You'll add them to the sauteed onions, immediately after adding your mixed vegetables.
  • Question
    Will you boil the ball pepper or fry it?
    Adebanjo Deborah
    Community Answer
    As the chopped bell peppers are part of the mixed vegetables, it's going to be fried.
  • Question
    The corn will be the one that has been cooked already a bit or a dried one?
    Adebanjo Deborah
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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?
    Adebanjo Deborah
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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!
  • Question
    How will you make the rice look yellow before frying your veggies?
    Community Answer
    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?
    Adebanjo Deborah
    Community Answer
    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.
  • Question
    After parboiling the rice, what is the next step?
    Adebanjo Deborah
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    Transfer it to a strainer or a sieve to get rid of the starch.
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