Showing posts with label Chinese Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese Cooking. Show all posts

Vegetable Fried Rice

By    9:09 AM // 14 comments
This is a famous Chinese recipe of cooked rice tossed with lot of vegetables. Who can say no to this rice? An easy and fast recipe, there are countless variations to prepare it. I usually follow this noodles recipe for fried rice too, replace boiled noodles with cooked rice. This time I tried tweaking TD's recipe from her book "Tiffin Treat for Kids". I have used purple cabbage instead of regular one and sprinkled some garlic powder in addition to white pepper powder. Some may find the taste of purple cabbage a bit bitter, but believe me there is no difference in the taste and the purple color in the dish is surely an attractive one amidst green and orange. 



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Chinese Noodles/Hakka Noodles

By    6:25 PM // 4 comments
Hakka Noodles or Veg Chowmein is an Indian adaptation of hakka cuisine and very popular street food in India. These are thin noodles stir fried with garlic and tossed in chinese sauces that imparts the smoky flavors to this dish when served in restaurants. I tried many times to follow different tips and get closer to that flavor while making them at home but yet to match it restaurant style. Probably the wok which is used there for cooking as well as Chinese sauces used by chefs must be the reason to add that distinct flavor to this dish. Hopefully some day will try to get hold of it in my preparation, but till that time I am happy preparing it and making nutritious by adding lot and variety of vegetables. 




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