1) Heat oil in a heavy based pot on medium heat. Add sliced onions and fry onions until they are transparent. Then add to the onions the: garlic paste and ginger paste. Mix for a minute then add the green chillies, coriander powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, salt and ajinomoto salt. Fry all these spices for a few minutes (by adding a bit of water if needed to prevent from sticking.)

2) Add in the vegetables and saute by continuously stiiring until the vegetables are cooked.

3) In a seperate pan, heat ½ cup oil and add rice, soy sauce, tomato sauce and enough water for the rice to cook. Mix and bring it to a boil. Once the rice comes to a boil, turn heat to low and let rice simmer, covered until rice is well done and the water has totally dried up (but is still a little wet.)

4) Finally when the water has dried, add the vegetable mixture to the rice and mix. Cover on very low heat for about 5 minutes. And serve hot.