Hello everyone and welcome to another Bobo video

Today we're going to be trying BBC

Auntie Hersha's egg fried rice and see

how it actually looks

We're going to make one dish

exactly like Auntie Hersha

and one where we use a rice cooker for the rice instead

This will allow us to focus on the rice

while holding the recipe as the controlled variable

These are the ingredients. You can try growing them but i prefer going to the market

Let's begin by making some rice with a

traditional rice cooker

Scoop out one Asian measuring cup of

rice which is 150 grams, from the rice container

Pour that rice into a pot

for our version we're going to wash the rice beforehand

Reasons to wash the rice before cooking are:

1. Remove starch so the rice does not stick together

2. Remove possible impurities such as dust or dirt

And 3, please the Asians and Uncle Roger

If you have fortified rice you don't need to wash rice

Measure one Asian measuring cup of water, which is 150 grams of water

One to one (1:1) ratio is the most common

Ultimate Asian mode is to use your finger to measure water

Use half an index finger joint for drier rice

which is best for fried rice,

or a full index finger joint for regular rice

For a traditional rice cooker put 150 grams

of water in the cooker outside the rice bowl.

Please watch this next step carefully

Turning on this rice cooker can be complicated

Onto BBC's unwashed rice on the stove

The recipe used 1 cup of rice with two cups of water

Please excuse that interruption

Anyways bring the rice to a boil

reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes

It is time to crack on with the eggs

To imitate the recipe perfectly,

I need to do the one-handed egg crack

Flawless

Now with no hands

Perfect

Beat the eggs with the chopsticks until smooth

no forks allowed

To cook the eggs, drizzle a tablespoon of

olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat

Add the eggs and cook stirring until scrambled.

Transfer the fluffy eggs into a bowl

Da-La!

The rice is done you'll notice that BBC had more liquid left over in the pot

I suspect they actually added more water than listed

Now let's break every Asian's heart by washing the cooked rice

(Uncle Roger) What she doing?!

(Uncle Roger) What she doing?! Drain the ri--

(Uncle Roger) Ohhh my god

Sorry you can hear my mom searching for a new daughter in the background

It is usually recommended to wash off the starch before cooking

because washing cooked rice can make the rice soggy

Kudos to Auntie Hersha for being such a good sport about this topic

Now my rice that i cooked earlier is almost done

Wait for the switch to change into warming mode

Let it sit for 10 minutes

Then we're ready to go

On to the veggies

Begin with chopping one small onion, cut them into little cubes

Then obtain one half of a red bell pepper with the insides washed

Again finely chop it into little cubes put them aside for later use

Chop two cloves of garlic

Dice them into tiny pieces

Much to my chagrin, I did not have my grater available

so i'm going to thinly dice three centimeters or one and a fourth inch

piece of fresh root ginger

last but not least,

grab two beautiful green spring onions and chop them into thin slices

Put those veggies aside and we're ready to stir fry

Now put the pan on the induction stove

Oh sorry my accent came out,

let's put it back I'm only showing one process since they will be the same for

both of our dish and Auntie Hersha's

First put in your peppers and onions. Give it a stir

Don't forget the ginger and garlic,

we're not vampires

Stir again, we don't want burnt vegetables

Now add in the ingredients that got me

through college rice on, the left is BBC's rice and the right

is ours from the rice cooker. I added the egg in first,

but overall the frying process is the same

Back to BBC's version

Put in scrambled eggs spring onions and peas

Give it a nice stir

Drizzle in soy sauce

Stir

Although the BBC video did not show this,

the official recipe does have salt and pepper,

so let's sprinkle those in

Stir to combine everything then we're

ready to serve

BBC's way of serving is shown on the left

I cannot use a metal spoon because my mom will kick

me out of the house if i scrape the pan

Fill the plate with a few scoops

and we are ready to go

Personally i prefer to put my fried rice

in a bowl and flip it onto the plate

This creates a cute dome shaped fried rice

Taste test time

I shall invite my mom to taste both Auntie Hersha's version

and my version with the washed rice from the rice cooker

First, BBC's version

I felt the rice was too soft and clumped

Let's see what my mom said

Nice, mom approved

Now for my version

I feel that the rice was firmer and better

I followed the exact same BBC

recipe, so it looks nice, but the flavor is plain

What did my mom think, did she like it?

I asked her which place she likes better

Okay, thank you mom for your participation

Thanks for watching our video

I hope you enjoyed it and see you next time