Vegetables: Slice the green onion, shallot, chilli and crush the garlic.

Make Paste: Into a pestle and mortar (or food processor) put the shallot, chili garlic along with the shrimp paste if you have decided to use it. Add a teaspoon of vegetable oil also and grind it up to a thick paste consistency.

Cook Paste Add the vegetable oil to your wok and heat over medium to high heat. Add the paste and cook it out - for about 3-4 minutes - you will smell the release of aroma from the paste and that will tell you it is cooked.

Rice Add the cooked rice to the wok, and stir around to get the paste all through the rice. If you have taken the rice from the fridge, you may need to use a spatula to break it up so that the rice is free-flowing.

Add Vegetables: Add the vegetables to the dish and stir fry while all the time mixing the rice and vegetables. do this for 3-4 minutes.

Add Sauce Add the kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) and the regular soy sauce and stir well. If you are adding the cashews for extra texture - now is the time.

Cook Egg Make a space in the wok and put in a little oil and pour in the eggs - allow them to cook for 1 minute before mixing them back into the rice mixture - see our video on how we do this. 

Plate Up: Now you are ready to plate up. Now you can also use a non stick frying pan instead of a wok.