Smriti Irani Cooks Egg Fried Rice For Husband. See Her Pic-By-Pic Guide

Actor, producer, politician, painter - Union Minister Smriti Irani has worn many hats. This time, she has wowed her Instagram followers with her cooking skills. After recently whipping up hakka noodles and chicken manchurian for her daughter, Ms Irani cooked egg fried rice for her husband Zubin Irani on Tuesday. She also shared the recipe.

Smriti Irani shared a pic-by-pic guide to making egg fried rice for her 7 lakh Instagram followers. She shared the seven-step recipe on her Instagram stories on Tuesday, beginning by writing that it's not "only bachchas" who make food-related farmaish (requests).

"Presenting egg fried rice prep for @iamzfi," wrote Ms Irani, tagging her husband.

Step 1: Finely chop ginger, carrots and onions.

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

Step 2: Chop spring onions

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

Step 3: Soak shiitake mushrooms in hot water

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

Step 4: Boil the rice

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

Step 5: Fry the veggies till they are soft, along with egg. "Don't over do," cautioned Ms Irani.

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

Step 6: Add rice, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, salt and black pepper.

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

Step 7: Enjoy egg fried rice.

Screenshot of Smriti Irani's Instagram story

The dish triggered a fierce debate on Twitter as many pointed out that the BJP had opposed the inclusion of eggs in mid-day meals served to children in Madhya Pradesh.

While #BJP aggressively opposes eggs in mid day meals. pic.twitter.com/zdZIyD6UUX

— Chhotubhai Vasava (@Chhotu_Vasava) February 13, 2020

While BJP aggressively opposes eggs in mid day meals. https://t.co/WPbO4I7X0n

— Dushyant (@atti_cus) February 13, 2020

But her party ruled states denying poorest to eat eggs. BJP group knows well how to fool the common people by fake stories for the personal gains.

— Raja Duraisamy (@RDArasan) February 13, 2020

The idea to make eggs part of children's diet was put forward last year by Imarti Devi, Madhya Pradesh's Women and Child Welfare Minister. In October, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya had criticised the inclusion of eggs in food served to children at anganwadis in the state, saying that it interfered with the "faith and religious beliefs of the people".

BJP leader Gopal Bhargava  had also attacked the Congress government on the issue. "What else to expect from this government? Feed children eggs... those who don't eat, force them. If they don't eat that, they will feed them chicken, mutton. You see... in our Indian culture, eating of meat is not allowed. If we eat this from childhood then I don't know... when we grow up we could become cannibals," he had said.