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Showing posts with label Chinese. Show all posts

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Mushroom and tofu manchurian

   
Mushroom and tofu manchurian 
My daughter is hooked to Manchurian but I have just been postponing making Chinese food. Today for my daughter and her brother who is soon going to move to holland to join college , decided to do Chinese! Perfect for bro-sis who love and hate each other to bits! And good thing ... I used my magic appe pan to make the balls.
Ingredients 
250 gms button mushrooms
200 gms ch tofu
1 cubed onion
1 cubed bell peppers
1 tbsp +1 tsp ch ginger
1 tbsp +t tsp ch garlic 
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp +1 tsp soya sauce
3-4 tbsp ketchup
4-5 tbsp corn flour
3 tbsp atta, bit healthy 
1 tsp schezuan sauce
1 tbsp vinegar 
Salt 
Ch spring onions
Method
In a bowl mix atta , 2 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tsp soya sauce , 1 tsp vinegar, 1 tsp each of ginger and garlic and a little water. To this add the mushrooms and tofu. 
Heat the appe pan, sprinkle oil and add mushrooms and tofu pieces. Cover and cook on both sides. 
Heat oil in a wok and add ch ginger and garlic. Sauté!
Add cubed vegs and sauté on high heat! 
Add the sauces and stir well.
Add the mushrooms n tofu balls and sauté.
Add a cup of water or as much gravy as you would like. Boil.
Mix rest of the cornstarch and water and mix well. Pour into the gravy and cook well. Add vinegar and cook. 
Add a tbsp of oil and top with ch spring onions. Yummy manchurian is ready to eat! 

Schezuan sauce

Schezuan sauce

I have always loved doing things from scratch. After a long wait finally decided to crack this sauce. Read many recipes over the net and then with a bit from here and a bit of mine ... Made it. We are sweating our sinuses out!! Yummy hot and sizzling ! Sharing my take on it.

Ingredients 

1/2 a bowl of red chillies soaked in water for an hr.

1 tbsp pepper corns

1/2 bowl of oil

1 heaped tbsp ch ginger

1 heaped tbsp garlic chopped

1/2 a bowl ch celery

1 small onion chopped

3-4 tbsp tomato ketch up

1 tbsp soya sauce

2 -3 tbsp vinegar 

1/2 tsp schezuan pepper crushed .. Optional 

Salt to taste

Method 

Heat the oil and add ginger and garlic , sauté

Add celery and onions and sauté well.

Grind the chillies with pepper corns.

Add the chilli paste and about 1/2 cup water and cook. 

Add the salt, ketchup , soya sauce and Schezuan pepper. 

Cook on slow fire till oil seeps out and it looks glossy.

Add vinegar and boil again. 

Cool and fill in jars! It's very sharp and hot, 1/2 tsp each and we were on fire! Enjoy!!