Vegetable Manchuria

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Cabbage,very finely chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot, grated
• 1/2 cup beans, minced
• 1/4 cup Cauliflower, grated
• 2 Spring onions, chopped
• 4+2 Green chillies, minced
• 4 cloves Garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp Corn flour/starch
• 1 tbsp Soya Sauce
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Pepper powder
• A pinch of Ajinomoto
• 1/4 cup rice, cooked & mashed
• Oil to deep fry

Method:

• Mix cabbage, carrots, beans, cauliflower, little salt & leave it aside for 20 mts.
• Squeeze out water from them. keep the water aside.
• Take the squeezed vegetables & mix salt, pepper, chillies,1 tbsp corn flour, rice & mix well.
• Make small balls (like koftas) with this mixture.
• Deep fry the vegetable balls till golden brown & keep aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp Oil in a pan & add crushed garlic, chillies, spring onions & saute for a minute.
• Add little water(squeezed from vegetables), salt pepper, ajinomoto & Soya sauce & bring to a boil.
• Mix 1 tbsp corn flour to half a cup of cold water & pour it gently into the pan.
• Bring to a boil & add the fried balls.Cook for 3-4 minutes & remove.
• Garnish with chopped spring onion & Serve hot.

Veg Noodles

Ingredients:

• 100 gms Noodles
• 2 tsp Chopped Garlic
• 2 tsp Chopped Ginger
• 1 Cup Shredded cabbage
• 1/4 Cup Corn
• 1/4 cup Carrot (cut into thin strips)
• 1/2 cup Capsicum ( cut into thin strips)
• 2 tbsp Cauliflower (finely chopped)
• Salt to taste
• Pepper as required
• 1 tbsp Soya sauce
• 4 tbsp Vinegar
• 2 tsp Chili sauce
• 3 Green chillies (finely chopped)
• Ajinomoto a pinch
• 4 tbsp oil.

Method:

• Cook noodles in hot boiling water and for 3-4 minutes and drain.
• keep it under cold running water for a minute and add a tsp oil and mix well.
• Heat oil in a pan, add ginger, garlic, green chillies and stir fry for a minute.
• Add capsicum , carrot and fry for another minute. Now add cabbage and cauliflower and fry.
• Add salt, pepper, ajinomoto, vinegar and soya sauce and stir fry.
• Add the boiled noodles and mix well, fry on high flame for a minute.
• Remove and serve hot.

Veg Fried Rice

Veg Fried Rice - Chinese style.

Ingredients:

2 Cups Rice (cooked)
3 tbsp Oil
100 gms beans (finely chopped)
2 carrots (finely chopped)
1 small Capsicum (finely chopped)
3 tbsp Cauliflower (finely chopped)
100 gms Cabbage (finely chopped)
2 Spring Onions (finely chopped)
2-3 Green chillies (finely chopped)
1 tbsp Ginger (finely chopped)
1 tbsp Garlic (finely chopped)
1 tbsp Vinegar
2 tbsp Dark Soya Sauce
Salt 'n' Pepper to taste
1/4 tsp Ajinomoto

Procedure:

Heat oil in a pan and when hot add all the chopped vegetables and stir fry.
cook for 2-4 minutes, make sure vegetables are not over cooked.They should be crisp.
Now add ajinomoto, salt and pepper and mix well.
Add vinegar and soya sauce and give it a quick mix.
Finally add the rice and mix well.
Garnish with spring Onions and serve Hot with green chilli sauce.