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TWO MINUTES: Noodles are great favourites as snacks as well as a meal. — Photo: K. Ramesh Babu
WITH THE surfeit of restaurants serving Chinese food, noodles have caught on with the public.
An easy dish to toss up with vegetables and sauces, it can be made in a jiffy and eaten as a snack or a meal. Incidentally, there is life beyond veg. soft noodles and chowmein.
Noodles are amenable to experimentation, so go ahead and whip up that a special something like the Italian spaghetti given below.
Singapore noodles
Ingredients:
Noodles - 250 gms
Salt to taste
Spring onion (cut into juliennes)- 15 gms
Oil - 20 ml
Cabbage - (cut into juliennes) 15 gms
Onions - (cut into juliennes) 20 gms
Capsicum - (cut into juliennes) 20 gms
Bean sprouts (cut into juliennes)- 10 gms
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Soya sauce - 1 tsp
Method: Boil the noodles. Sauté garlic and turmeric powder. Add vegetables and noodles. Toss, season and remove.
American chopsuey
Ingredients:
Noodles - 250 gms
Cabbage shreds - 50 gms
Carrot (cut into juliennes) - 25 gms
Onion (cut into juliennes) - 20 gms
Capsicum (cut into juliennes) - 20 gms
Salt to taste
Tomato sauce - 20 ml
Vinegar - 10 m
Pineapple (cut into juliennes) - 20 gms
Corn flour - 20 gms
Water - 100 ml
Method: Boil the noodles and deep fry till crisp and golden brown.
Remove and keep aside. In a pan heat oil, add the vegetables and stir-fry. Then add tomato sauce, vinegar and pineapple.
Mix corn flour and water and ensure there are no lumps. Pour it on the vegetables and when it thickens pour over the crispy noodles.
Chilli-garlic noodles
Ingredients:
Noodles - 500 gms
Cabbage - 50 gms
Carrots - - 25 gms
Onions - 20 gms
Capsicum - 20 gms
Salt to taste
Garlic - 5 gms
Dry red chilli - 5 gms
Oil - 20 ml
Method: Boil noodles. Shred vegetables. Sauté garlic and add shredded vegetables. Add noodles and rest of the ingredients. Toss and add red chilli.
Spaghetti Neapolitan sauce
Ingredients:
Spaghetti - 250 gms
Tomatoes - 4 nos
Olive oil - 2 tbsp
Onion (chopped)- 1
Garlic (chopped)- 4 cloves
Salt/pepper to taste
Basil - 1 tsp
Oregano - 1 tsp
Method: Boil water with salt and a teaspoon of oil. When it boils add spaghetti.
When the spaghetti rises up, strain it. Pour cold water, drain and leave it in a plate. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté onion and garlic till translucent.
Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, bay leaf, basil, and oregano. Also add little water and bring it to boil. When tomatoes are tender puree them and strain the sauce. Top the blanched spaghetti with the sauce.
The writer is Executive chef of ITC Kakatiya Sheraton Hotel and Towers.
O.P. KHANTWAL
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