Foodie Monday Blog hop
Vegetables in Hot Garlic Sauce- Learn how to make this simple Indo-Chinese recipe
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Indo Chinese
cuisine is the adaptation of Chinese seasoning and cooking techniques to Indian tastes through a larger offering of vegetarian dishes. This type of cuisine is said to have been developed by the small Chinese community that has lived in
Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) for over a century. ( Source: wiki) .
Simply put, Indo
Chinese cuisine aims at catering to our desi palette with an array of vegetarian
and non vegetarian dishes. There is a huge difference between the authentic Chinese
recipes and the Indo Chinese version of
it. The Cantonese cuisine is sweet, Sichuan is spicy, shangdong is crispy and
tangy making the Chinese cuisine more diversified like Indian cuisine.
When we think
of Indo Chinese cuisine, Chilli Chicken, Chow mein, Fried Rice, Manchurian tops
the list in our mind. The use of cabbage, bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic , baby
corn are quite common ingredients in Indo Chinese food. These are the food we
grew up with since our college days. This was pure luxury at that time. Indo-Chinese cuisine is probably the second most
loved food in India, after it’s local street food fair.
So when the
theme for this week’s Foodie Monday Blog Hop was #IndoChinese recipes, what
better way could have been to try this crowd favorite at home. This week was
quite hectic and thinking of making an elaborate meal in this hot and humid
climate was absolute no for me. So I decided to make this simple and quick
vegetables in Hot garlic sauce and serve it with some Hakka Noodles .
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 to 20 minutes
Serves:4
Ingredients:
- 250 gms Button Mushrooms, cleaned and quartered
- 1 large Green Bell Pepper/Capsicum, cut into 1 inch squares
- 1 carrot, cut into long strips
- 8-10 french beans, cut into 1″ pieces
- 4-5 babycorns, cut diagonally into two
- 1 large Onion, diced into 1 inch squares
- 8 to 10 large Garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3-4 Green Chillies, finely chopped
- 1 inch cube Ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 1½ tbsp Dark Soya Sauce
- 1-2 tbsp Red Chilli Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce
- ½ tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Pepper Corns powder
- 1½ - 2 tbsp Corn Flour
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 3 to 4 cups water
- Salt to taste
- Spring onions to garnish
let's Learn How to make this recipe:
- Dissolve corn flour in ½ cup of water and keep it aside until needed.
- Heat oil in a pan to smoking hot and add finely chopped garlic and green chillies. Give it a quick stir for half a minute and add diced onions.
- Stir fry the onions on high heat for a minute or two till the edges start to brown.
- Mix in diced bell peppers and all vegetables along with finely chopped ginger and stir fry for a minute or two on high flame.
- Add mushrooms along with soya sauce, red chilli sauce and sweet chilli sauce and stir fry for 2 minutes on high flame.
- Next pour 3 to 4 cups of water and mix in sugar and salt to taste and bring to a boil .
- Once the mushrooms are cooked through, add the corn flour dissolved in water little at a time stirring continuously to avoid forming of lumps. Let it cook for 2 minutes on medium heat so that the vegetables remain crisp and tender.
- Turn off heat and garnish with spring onion greens.
- Serve with Fried Rice or hakka noodles, it tastes awesome anyway.
13 comments
delicious preparation with loads of veggies. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mayuri
Deletelovely combo of sauce and noodles with loads of veggies init.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nisa
DeleteFlavourful share Alka! Loved the neat and beautiful photography too! ����
ReplyDeleteThanks Pushpita
DeleteLoved this Flavorful recipe which can be whipped up quickly. Amazing clicks.
ReplyDeleteThanks Preethi
DeleteVery well explained recipe..tempting and neat photography
ReplyDeleteThank You Shibani
DeleteDelicious recipe and love the plating and clicks.
ReplyDeleteThanks saswati
DeleteDelicious recipe and love the plating and clicks.
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