A Simple Stir-fry Mixed Vegetables dish

Whenever I crave for cooked vegetables, one of my go-to recipes is this Stir-fry Mixed Vegetables with Garlic.

It is a simple stir-fry dish and there is no set-on-stone measurements. Anything goes basically :D. And if you are looking to clear your fridge to make way for new vegetables for the coming week, this is a great way to cook them all :)

All you need is:

• A mix variety of vegetables - chopped or sliced, any vegetable that you desire, into any size that you like. If you only have 1 type of vegetable, it works too :)

• 2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped somewhat coarsely, depending on how you like your garlic

• 1 tablespoon of any cooking oil of your choice, I used vegetable oil

• 1 cup of water, more or less, depending on how 'soupy' you like your vegetables

• salt to taste, I used sea salt for more subtle saltiness

Let the preparation and cooking begin...

Step 1 - Prepare the vegetables.

• I chose some lady's fingers or okra, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, eggplant and snow peas because I was on a mission to clear the fridge :D

• I chopped each vegetable to the size that I prefer. You can pretty much chop it into any size and shape that you like.

Step 2 - Prepare the garlic.

• Choose a few cloves of garlic and coarsely chop them.

Step 3 - Heat up the oil in a pan and start frying the garlic.

• The stove fire should be between small to medium because garlic burns quite easily in high heat.

• If the garlic is chopped too fine, it can burn too, as shown in the photo below, the brown pieces at the side of the pan.

• Fry up or saute the garlic until fragrant, that is when they start to turn brown

Step 4 - Add the chopped and sliced vegetables.

• Start with the harder to cook vegetables like carrots

• Stir-fry for a bit before adding the rest of the vegetables. Stir-fry again after adding the vegetables.

Step 5 - Add 1 cup of water (more or less depending on how soupy you want the vegetables to be) and some sea salt to taste.

Step 6 - Stir-fry the vegetables and cover the pan to let the vegetables cook and soften.

Step 7 - Once the vegetables start to soften, lift up the cover and taste.

Step 8 - Continue to cook until the vegetables soften to the consistency that you like.

• I like my vegetables soft and I cooked them for maybe about 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 9 - Time to serve :)

• I like having them with rice.

If you like garlic as much as I do, I think you will like this simple stir-fry dish :)

All photos were taken using my mobile phone and resized on Canva.