This is the first fried rice I learned to make. What I think of when anyone refers to Trini fried rice. The fried rice Mummy cooked on Sundays for lunch. It's loaded with veggies and flavor!
Place rice, water, salt in a pan or rice cooker. Boil until tender but firm. Place on a tray in a thin layer to cool (or use day old rice).
Add ginger and cook for one minute.
Add onion and cook for 2 minutes until translucent.
Add garlic, cook for 1 minute
Move ingredients to the side and add green seasoning. Cook for 1 min, stirring.
Stir in veggies, scallion and cook for 3 mins.
Add salt and black pepper and stir well to combine all the ingredients.
Stir in cabbage and cook for 1 minute.
Add 4 – 8 cups of boiled rice and stir well to combine. Cook for 2 minutes, scraping up the bottom of the pan so that the rice does not stick.
Add soy sauce and sesame oil.
Stir in chopped parsley, celery and scallion.
Taste and add more salt, soy sauce or sesame oil if required.
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Notes
When choosing sesame oil please look for a product that's 100% sesame oil and not mixed with other oils! I encountered this type of fake sesame oil in Trinidad and now always take the real stuff with me whenever I visit!The same for soy sauce, check the ingredients. You may only have dark soy sauce in Trinidad so use less. You want to add enough soy sauce to give the rice a golden color. You don't want black rice!