{"id":11921,"date":"2019-03-26T23:56:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/?p=11921"},"modified":"2023-08-30T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:04:04","slug":"vegan-cheesy-nooch-tomato-fried-rice-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/vegan-cheesy-nooch-tomato-fried-rice-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheesy Nooch Tomato Fried Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cheesy Nooch Tomato Fried Rice<\/strong> is a beautiful version of the classic vegetable fried rice dish with amazingly complex flavours from the tomato, nooch (aka nutritional yeast) and herbs. This delicious crowd-pleaser vegan rice dish is prepared in little time and can be served as a meal in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Every home cook probably has a few meals up their sleeve that they can put together without a recipe. At our place, one of those recipes is vegetable fried rice; we make it so often that it is just a matter of stir frying vegetables with day old rice, some sauces and selected spices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, most of the time we make fried rice intentionally and not just to clear the fridge from leftover rice and vegetables. More often than not, we are cooking the rice on the same day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve been following this blog or our YouTube channel, then you probably already know that stir-fried dishes are Kevin\u2019s specialty! This Cheesy Nooch Tomato Fried Rice<\/strong> is one of his many delicious dishes that I dote on! So, this time I had to grab the recipe from him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What really makes this dish is the combination of flavours that ticks all the six taste categories of salty, sweet, sour, pungent, bitter and astringent  – nooch, maple syrup, tomato, paprika, selected herbs and the choice of vegetables like Brussels sprouts, carrots and green beans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the time, we base our cooking around a balanced combination of the ayurvedic six tastes in accordance with what our body needs<\/a> at that given time. In fact, many of our recipes are carefully thought out to reflect this. Such an approach in our cooking has brought many benefits to our health, keeping our energies balanced. <\/p>\n\n\n

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On a side note, if you\u2019re interested in this approach in cooking or would like expert advice, I\u2019d like to introduce you to a friend of mine, Kristina from Blissfud Ayurveda<\/a><\/strong> who is a Board-Certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor. She offers online ayurvedic consultation and advice on what foods will work best for your dosha or body type (according to the ayurvedic system).

I\u2019ve been following her on Instagram too for a while and I love her radiance, energy and approach to life in general. This week I was amazed by her mud home that she built<\/a> with the help of 600 members of her community in Panama. It\u2019s simply incredible!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, back to our nooch tomato rice recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Nooch?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nooch is also known as nutritional yeast. It\u2019s a deactivated yeast that adds a savoury cheesy flavour to dishes. It is a staple in our kitchen and there has already been many recipes on the blog that calls for nooch. If you\u2019re vegan or avoiding dairy, you would probably not want to miss nutritional yeast in your pantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I buy my nooch online because I love this one in particular<\/a> on Amazon.ca. This one-pound jar lasts me more than a year! Also I\u2019ve noticed that the nooch from some brands give me a little bit of an irritated bowel, I don\u2019t get this problem with this brand. I also like this brand<\/a> from Amazon.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nutritional yeast is available at health stores or bulk stores and depending on where you live, many regular grocery stores also carry it nowadays. <\/p>\n\n\n

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To make Vegan Cheesy Nooch Tomato Fried Rice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether we are using day old rice or freshly cooked, the important thing is to use cold rice. During Winter, we place the freshly cooked rice to cool down outside in the snow. It works brillant!

Since we have free access to amazing natural freezing facilities for five whole months in Canada, right outside from the balcony, we might as well use it, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The almost frozen rice is perfect to cook with. During Summer, we just leave the rice to cool and sometimes place it in the freezer for about 15 minutes.

If you watch the video for our previous vegetable fried rice dish<\/a>, you\u2019ll get a visual hang of the process, even though the recipe is somewhat different. Kevin has a wonderful technique to make fried rice with freshly cooked rice so that it doesn\u2019t turn mushy.
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