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Recipe type: main
Cuisine: indo chinese, indian street food
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients (american measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
for cooking the noodles:
- 150 grams hakka noodles or plain noodles, 1 pack of noodles
- 5 cups of water to cook noodles
- 1 to 2 tsp oil to coat the noodles
- 2 to 3 drops of oil to be added while heating water.
other ingredients:
- 1.5 to 2 cups finely chopped vegetables (a mix of carrots, beans, cabbage, mushrooms, capsicum/green bell pepper)
- OR
- 1 medium carrot/gajar, finely chopped
- 2-3 small spring onions or 1-2 medium spring onions or ¼ cup spring onions, finely chopped, reserve the greens for garnish
- 8-10 french beans, about ⅓ cup finely chopped french beans
- 1 small capsicum/green bell peppers/shimla mirch, finely chopped
- 7-8 mushrooms, finely chopped
- 3-4 garlic/lahsun finely chopped
- 1 tbsp schezwan sauce, you can add more for a more spicy taste
- ¼ to ½ tsp black pepper or as required
- 1 tsp rice vinegar or regular white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 to 1.5 tbsp of spring onion greens
- 2 tbsp oil for stir frying
- salt as required
Prep time
Cook time
Total time
Recipe type: main
Cuisine: indo chinese, indian street food
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients (american measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
for cooking the noodles:
- 150 grams hakka noodles or plain noodles, 1 pack of noodles
- 5 cups of water to cook noodles
- 1 to 2 tsp oil to coat the noodles
- 2 to 3 drops of oil to be added while heating water.
other ingredients:
- 1.5 to 2 cups finely chopped vegetables (a mix of carrots, beans, cabbage, mushrooms, capsicum/green bell pepper)
- OR
- 1 medium carrot/gajar, finely chopped
- 2-3 small spring onions or 1-2 medium spring onions or ¼ cup spring onions, finely chopped, reserve the greens for garnish
- 8-10 french beans, about ⅓ cup finely chopped french beans
- 1 small capsicum/green bell peppers/shimla mirch, finely chopped
- 7-8 mushrooms, finely chopped
- 3-4 garlic/lahsun finely chopped
- 1 tbsp schezwan sauce, you can add more for a more spicy taste
- ¼ to ½ tsp black pepper or as required
- 1 tsp rice vinegar or regular white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1 to 1.5 tbsp of spring onion greens
- 2 tbsp oil for stir frying
- salt as required
1. boil enough water in a pot or pan with some salt and a few drops of oil.
2. add the noodles in the hot boiling water.
3. no need to break the noodles. atleast i don’t break the noodles. i have used hakka noodles here, but you can use any good quality noodles.
4. cook the hakka noodles according to the package instructions.
5. when the noodles are just about cooked, meaning al dente, its time to strain them.
6. strain the noodles in a colander.
7. rinse the noodles in running water very well. this method stops the cooking process and removes the starch.
8. add oil to noodles.
9. toss the noodles gently, so that the oil gets coated evenly on the noodles. this method gets rid of stickiness from the noodles. keep aside covered and let the noodles cool completely before you add them to the stir fried veggies.
10. heat oil in a pan or wok. on medium heat, add the garlic and saute for a few seconds.
11. increase the flame and then add the finely chopped spring onions/scallions whites. stir fry on a high heat for about 1 minute.
12. add the french beans.
13. keep on stir frying on high flame for about 3 to 4 minutes.
14. add the remaining veggies – finely chopped carrots, capsicum (green bell pepper), mushrooms. you can even add cabbage. i added the veggies which were there in the kitchen.
15. keep on stir frying the veggies on the high flame.
16. stir fry for about 7 to 8 minutes till the edges of the veggies start to slightly brown. i usually prefer the veggies to be cooked more. you can cut down on the stir frying time, if you prefer half cooked or more crunchy veggies.
17. now reduce the flame to medium heat and add schezwan sauce, salt and black pepper. the amount of schezwan sauce can be added as per your taste.
18. add the hakka noodles in batches and stir fry.
19. increase the flame and keep on tossing and stir frying the noodles till the schezwan sauce coats all the noodles well.
20. add rice vinegar or white vinegar and mix well.
21. add the chopped spring onion greens to schezwan noodles. stir.
22. serve schezwan noodles hot in serving bowls or plates. you can accompany some more schezwan sauce in separate small bowls, if people want to have a more helping of spice in their food.
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