Bento: Plain Fried Rice

Assalamualaykum,

Breakfast? Lunch? Brunch? Brunch is the new term coined  when people starts combining their breakfast and lunch together. it is definitely not a healthy living. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Never skip your breakfast for a healthy living. Plus ..... take a healthy breakfast; not the nasi lemak and roti canai; our favourite.  ;-p

This is my breakfast. Plain fried rice with some sauteed mushroom. Extras.... I have it for lunch as well. It saves me from going out. It saves me from eating out. It saves my money as well. Eating home cooked food is always the best. But.....bento is not my everyday event. Only will do it if I have the will and energy to get busy in the kitchen at the wee hours in the morning.

This plain fried rice is extremely simple. And its our (my husband and me) favourite's. To make it, you only need:

1 bowl of cooked rice - cooled

1 egg

2 dried chillis - just break it into coarse pieces

Any vegetable that you like - i used the french means here

2 shallots

2 garlic

Salt to taste

1 1/2  tbsp cooking oil

To prepare it:

1. Heat the cooking oil in the griddle or pan or wok. 
2. Fry the shallots and garlic till fragrant or brownish.
3. Add the beans and chillis.
4. Break the egg into the pan. Let it half harden.
5. Add rice. Mix everything well.
6. Add salt to taste. Mix well. 
7. Ready to eat.

For the sauteed mushroom:
1 bowl of mushroom - slice thinly
1 or two onions (depends on how you like it. I like to have 2 because I like onions)
2 tbsl olive oil

1. On a lower heat. Pour the olive oil.
2. Add the onion. Fry slowly till mushy and brownish.
3. Add mushrooms. Keep on stirring occasionally till the liquid is absorbed.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Ready for serving.

I normally prepared it ahead and refrigerated it. It can be used on burgers and sandwiches too. Simply delicious. Yummy.

Alhamdulillah. It's fast and easy.

Enjoy .......