American Chopsuey
Ingredients
2 packs of crispy Chinese Noodles
1 to 2 cups of mixed cut veggies like Carrot, Broccoli,Snow Peas, Cabbage, Mushrooms, Baby Corn etc (use a veg. stir-fry pack if available)
4-5 Red Chillies cut vertically (adjust this amount depending on how hot you want the taste to be)
1 large Onion cut into thin strips
2 teaspoons of Ginger-Garlic paste
2 teaspoons Peanut Butter
2 tablespoons Soya Sauce
3 tablespoons of Chilli Sauce
2/3 a cup of Tomato Puree
A pinch of White Pepper
2 teaspoons of Sugar
Ajinomoto to taste (salt will do fine if ajinomoto is not available)
4-5 tablespoons Oil for seasoning, more oil for frying the noodles
Method:
- Steam the vegetables till they lose their rawness.
- Heat the oil in a wok and add the onions. Fry till translucent.
- Now add the ginger-garlic paste, chillies and fry well again.
- Add the steamed vegetables and mix well.
- Add the tomato puree, soya sauce, chilli sauce, peanut butter, white pepper and salt or ajinomoto and sugar. Mix well and allow to simmer for sometime.
- Now cook the noodles per instructions and drain completely to get rid of any extra water. Allow to cool.
- Fry the noodles till they are crisp in oil. Mix these crispy fried noodles with the vegetable gravy.
- Serve hot.
If you find the gravy too watery for your liking, mix a spoonful
of corn flour in about 3 spoonfuls of water and add this to the
steamed vegetables when the gravy is still simmering.
