Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Fried vegetable noodles with Tofu


Ingredients:
Stir fry sauce:
Vegetable stock – 2/3 cup
Soy Sauce – 4 tbsp
Lime juice – 1 tbsp
Garlic cloves – 3
Sugar – 2 tsp
Corn starch – 2 tsp
Red or green chili sauce – 1 tsp
Noodles:
Any noodles – 200 g (7 oz)
Stir fry sauce – 5 tbsp
Carrot – 2
Bell pepper – 1/2
Cabbage – 1 cup chopped
Crushed red peppers – 1 tsp
Salt and Pepper to taste
Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp
Fried Tofu- 4 pieces (Heat the oil on medium/high in a heavy non stick frying pan. Add the tofu, fry 5 minutes or so on each side until brown and crispy, turning with a spatula. Then marinate or sprinkle the fried tofu with soy sauce)

Method
Stir-fry sauce:
  • In a sauce pan, add vegetable stock, soy sauce, lime juice, sugar, red or green chili sauce and bring it to boil at medium heat.
  • In between, dissolve corn starch in 6 tbsp of water.
  • Now add chopped garlic and corn starch to the sauce pan.
  • In a minute or two, the sauce thickens. Remove from heat.
Fry noodles
  • Cut the vegetables thin and long so that it will be crisp and cooked.
  • At medium heat add a tbsp of oil in a wok and add carrots and fry till it is half cooked.
  • Add bell peppers & chopped cabbage toss for 3 minutes.
  • Mix gently along with 2 tbsp of stir fry sauce.
  • Cook noodles according to the instructions and drain them completely.
  • Do not over cook the noodles because it will become soggy.
  • Add cooked noodles to the wok and stir well. Break the noodles and mix thoroughly.
  • Add the rest of the stir fry sauce, crushed red peppers, remaining oil.
  • Keep frying till they are coated with the sauce and noodles are separated. 
  • Serve it with Fried Tofu.

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