Ingredients:

• 3 cups – cooked Rice
• 1 tbsp – dried shrimp
• 1 tbsp – roasted sesame seeds
• 1 stalk – fresh Lemon grass
• 2 Shallots – sliced
• 2 Garlic Cloves – minced
• 2 tbsp – Sugar
• 2 fresh chillies
• 4 tbsp – vegetable oil
• 2 Spring onions – sliced
• 1 small – Onion
• 2 tbsp – broth or water
• 2 tbsp – Nuoc Mam (Vietnamese fish sauce)
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Coriander sprigs

Method:

1. Fluff the rice to separate the grains. Set aside.
2. Soak dried shrimp in hot water for 30 minutes and drain.
3. Remove outer leaves from lemon grass, trim, and mince.
4. Grind together shrimp, lemon grass, shallots, garlic, sugar and .
5. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a skillet.
6. Add the spring onions and saute for a minute. Then add lemon grass and dried shrimp mixture, and stir-fry for 5 minutes over high heat. Keep aside.
7. Pour the remaining 2 tbsps of oil into it. Add the onions and rice and stir-fry for 5 minutes
8. Stir in the broth, fish sauce and black pepper to taste.
9. Add lemon grass and shrimp mixture and the toasted sesame seeds
10. Stir to combine well, then transfer to a heated platter
11. Sprinkle with additional black pepper and garnish with the coriander springs.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi