Wednesday, 27 March 2013

CHILLI-GARLIC NOODLES WITH SWEET-SOUR VEGETABLES


U need:
For the noodles:                                     For the vegetables:
vegetable oil: 3 tablsp                             Vegetable oil: 2 tablsp
noodles: 2 pkts                                        cauliflower florets: 1 cup
red chillies: 3                                            capsicum: 2 diced into fours
garlic flakes: 5                                          green chillies: 2 slit
capsicum red: 1 sliced super fine             Soya Sauce: 1 tablsp
capsicum green: 2sliced super                  Tomato sauce: 2 tsp
carrot: 2 julienned                                       ginger: 1 tsp julienne
cabbage julienne: 1/2 cup                         cashew bits: 2 tsp
spring onion: 1/2 cup chopped fine          spring onions: 1/2 cup chopped fine   
soya sauce: 2 tsp                                     mushrooms: 1/2 cup(optional)
pepper powder: 1 tsp                               carrot : 1 diced
vinegar:1 tsp                                           onion: 2 quartered into four
cornflour: 1 tsp                                        cornflour: 2 tablsp
onion:1 sliced fine                                   coriander leaves: 2 tsp
salt to taste.                                            honey: 2 tsp
                                                               salt to taste
                                                               chilli sauce: 2 tsp


Method: Noodles:
1. Heat the oil along with the broken red chillies and the sliced garlic flakes in a pan for 2 mins. Off the gas and cool the oil.Let the chilli and garlic infuse into the oil.  
2. Cook noodles as instructed in the packet. Drain excess water and toss with a little oil to prevent sticking.
3. Heat a wok or a frying pan. Add the chilly garlic oil. Quickly add the sliced onions and toss well . Now add the julienned vegetables one by one starting with cabbage, carrots and finally the capsicums .Toss well using a tong or two flat ladles. 
4. Add the cooked noodles and continue tossing. Add soya sauce, pepper powder, vinegar  and salt. Add the spring onions and toss once again,
5. Serve hot with sweet-sour vegetables.                                                   

Sweet-Sour vegetables:
.Blanch cauliflower florets, diced carrot in 2 cups hot water for few mins. Drain the water into a bowl. Add the cornflour into this water and mix well with a spoon. Set aside.
Heat oil in a wok or a pan. When hot add the slit green chillies and toss well. add ginger julienne.  Add the cauliflower florets and carrots. Continue stirring. Add the onions, capsicums and mushrooms. Continue stirring. Add chilli sauce, soya sauce and tomato sauce. Continue stirring. Add salt and pepper. Add honey.
Add the dissolved cornflour ,cashewnuts and stir well till the vegetables are done the sauce thickens. Add chopped spring onions ,chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with the noodles

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