Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Chinese Menu in my kitchen

Tried and tasted by Nivedita
Hi All,
What ever happens is always for the good, the most famous lines from Geeta. And I believe in it very much.
It happens with me always. Thats the reason many times I don't get panic if something goes wrong. The same thing happened with me last week. One of my best friend came to meet me. It was first time she was coming to our Hubli house. Our friendship is almost 18 yrs old. We were meeting after 4 years. It was natural for me to get excited and was planning for some special menu. When I asked her in the phone What she wants to have, she preferred our North Karnataka food but her daughter wanted Chinese when I gave her the option. Thats why I planned for Chinese menu for my friend and her daughter. Now to plan a menu was not difficult. I thought of making Chinese fried rice, Schezwan noodles and Chilli Paneer.
Thought of bringing fresh paneer(was lazy to make paneer).
   And morning I went to the near by store (MORE) and the store was closed for stock checking :-(((
I had the ready masala packet for chilli paneer, so thought of making veg balls instead of Paneer.
This is what I served to my friend and her daughter :


So here goes the recipe For Veg Chilly:


Ingredients:
Cabbage - 1 cup, cleaned and shredded
Carrot - 1 medium, cleaned and grated
Cornflour - 3 to 4 tbsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Ginger and garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 tsp
Oil to fry the balls.

for Gravy
Oil - 1 tsp
Onion  - 1, sliced
Cabbage - handful, shredded
Capsicum - 1 small, sliced(optional as the Schezwan powder is very spicy)
Ginger and garlic -1 tbsp  finely cubed,
Spring onion - handful, finely chopped( I did not had)
Ching's Chilli Paneer Miracle Powder - 10 gm
Salt to taste.
Water - 2 cups
OR
JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN ON THE PACKET.

Method:
To make Veg. Balls,
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, except the oil to fry.
Keep oil in a frying pat on stove.
Till the oil becomes hot,
Divide the mix into equal small lime size balls.
Fry in a batch till golden brown.
Keep it aside.

For gravy:
Heat oil in a kadai. When its very hot, add ginger and garlic, saute for few seconds. 
Add onion and fry till the color is changed. Add Cabbage and capsicum. Fry for a minute more.
Add the water and bring to boil. 
Adjust the seasoning. Add the veg. balls and spring onions. 
Cook for 2 minutes,
Serve hot with Rice or Noodles.

My Chinese recipes from my kitchen :(These are not actually for the event, as the rule of the event says NO archived or reposted recipes, its just for people who wants to get all the three Chinese recipes from my blog, I hope this will not violate the event rules)
Chinese Fried Rice(Restaurant STyle)                        Hakka Veg. Noodles with Ching's SECRET



Sending the Veg Chilli to Radhika's event

Keep Smiling,

8 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Omg, droolworthy menu, am inviting myself to ur place Nivi,tempting tempting!

Raji said...

Tongue tickling chinese dishes...all my fav..esp the veg chilli.

Hamaree Rasoi said...

I'm sure your friend and her daughter had enjoyed this veg chilly very much. And thank you very much for your sweet words on my blog. Glad to hear that finally you got choco chips. Wish you good luck for your baking session. Do let me know how it came out.
BTW i sent u friend request on facebook

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Cookwell said...

wow looks yummy!!!

Unknown said...

Next time you are making this, you are inviting me and please don't forget :)

Nivedita Thadani said...

thanks all.
@Priya M, I will not call you when I am making, but I will make it for you and invite you.
you are always welcome, Chinese food being my favorite, I would love to prepare it for my friends...

divya said...

Wowwww... sounds delicious and tempting.. thanks for the awesome recipes.. :)

Madhu said...

Wow Nivedita...looks so nice. you are giving me ideas :)

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