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Last few days, due to various reasons, my number of cooking experiments have drastically gone down. I look for some easy dinners which can be made in no time and are equally delicious. What else can fit in this situation other than a simple stir fried noodle dish loaded with vegetables?
I have liked all kinds of noodle dishes for a long time now. Remember those Indo-Chinese dishes available in almost every restaurant back home? I was missing them for a long time now. Then after drooling over one post after another by fellow bloggers, I picked up a pack of soba noodles a couple of days ago. Well, I didn’t know they were soba noodles till I cut opened the pack while making this stir fry, I had picked it up randomly on one of my shopping sprees (yeah..I do that a lot. Just pick up something that looks interesting and then figure out what to do with it).
Then my experiments with it began. I used different sauces that I had with me. Finally I got this combination, which we have really loved. I am making this a lot these days. This is my entry to Archana’s one dish meal event.
Ingredients:
1/2 packet noodles (Hakka noodles or soba noodles, the pack I used weighed 200gms)
2 cups vegetables (onion, capsicum, tofu, carrots, beans all chopped in long strips)
2 tea spns hot chilli sauce
1 tea spn worcestershire sauce
1 tea spn vinegar
1-2 tea spns brown sugar
2 tea spns soya sauce
1/4 tea spn freshly ground pepper
1 tea spn fresh ginger-garlic paste
Oil
Salt
PS: Change the quantity of sauces according to taste. You can leave out worcestershire sauce if you don’t have it.
Method:
Cook the noodles according to packet instructions with enough salt. Run cold water over it to avoid it getting soggy.
In a large pan, heat oil, add vegetables and ginger-garlic paste. Fry for few minutes till the vegetables are half cooked but still have the crunch.
Now add all the sauces, sugar, pepper and little salt. Add noodles, fry for few more minutes.
Serve immediately.
Serves : 2
Preparation time : 20mins
Noodles are really a quick cook. I find dhal and rice to be the same too. Eaten with a pickle, what else can one expect from life
June 24th, 2008 at 10:09 pmNoodles look yummy Shilpa. Havent made them WITH Worcestershire sauce. Will try your version. Brown sugar gives a nice touch to the noodles.
Shilpa: Aruna, Worcestershire sauce has anchovies(a kind of fish) in it. So it has a very unique taste. Be careful while using it.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:41 pmWow-looks scrumptious!! We love noodles too!!! Must try this version soon!
June 24th, 2008 at 10:45 pmRecipe looks good. Oops U haven’t mentioned when the noodles are to be added!!!
Shilpa: Thanks Laxmi, Updated.
June 24th, 2008 at 11:05 pmlooks nutri,,and healthy too
June 24th, 2008 at 11:16 pmThat is a quick and easy one dish meal… looks very yummy, it does remind of the noodles from the Indo Chinese restaurants…
June 25th, 2008 at 12:22 amShilpa, Hope all is well! The noodles looks gr8
June 25th, 2008 at 2:33 amhey thats a nice bowl of noodles which i can finish it at one go
June 25th, 2008 at 2:49 amLooks delicious! I didn’t eat much of Indo-Chinese except Noodles with cabbage and Carrots (don’t remember what it’s called) in B’lore. I love your way of stir fried Noodles, will try!:)
June 25th, 2008 at 6:14 amvery tempting! always looking for quick & nutritious dishes, those veg sure make it healthy
June 25th, 2008 at 7:26 amlooks yummy…. graet click … mouth watering dish…. i like noodles always…..
June 25th, 2008 at 8:18 amIt look’s to good to be through I am definitely going to try this
June 25th, 2008 at 9:01 amVery nice! The sugar seems to be quite a lot! Is it a sweet kind?
Shilpa: No, it is spicy, sour and sweet kind. You can just use 1 tea spn if you feel it is too much. The chili sauce I used was way too hot for us, so I add sugar to mellow it down.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:50 amThanks Shilpa….I read your wiki link after i posted my comment and read about anchovies, as you i am a veg and may not be able to use it for myself.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:22 amHey Shilpa nice and quick dish ….tastes good too right…
June 25th, 2008 at 12:09 pmMe thinking of cooking this dish tonite:)
Hi Shilpa
Noodles are so easy and wuick to make, aren;t they ? And so versatile as well..
When hubby travels, I practically eat noodles everyday, but make them using different sauces.
My favourite one is using a Basil-Chilli-garlic Thai paste..it is so yummy - just a spoonful is that you need!!!
Shilpa, you mentioned vinegar-do you mean the Japanese Rice wine vinegar, which is called “Mirin”? These days you get such amazing varities of vinegars-especially in North America and Europe.
Aruna, you can substitute Mushroom sauce or vegetarian oyster sauce to add extra flavour.
Shilpa: Chetna, I use the simplest vinegar, the distilled clear one. I have tried rice wine vinegar and did not like the strong taste :(.
June 25th, 2008 at 12:26 pmYou can also use Teriyaki sauce - these days you get Teriyaki sauces which have spring onions, garlic and green chilli already in it. You also get a wasabi flavoured teriyaki..try these if you find them..
June 25th, 2008 at 12:30 pmLooks beautiful, Shilpa!! Great idea for a noodle dish.
June 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pmhey, thanx for the recipe.. I was actually looking for some nice version of stir fry noodles. Will try it out and let u know! and btw, how’ve u been doing?? Am here after a long time… hope alls well at your end!!
June 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pmHi shilpa….
I have never used brown sugar and the worchestershire sauce in my noodles. Something new for me. A must try!
Veda
June 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pmHi Shilpa,
Thanks for the post, I will give it a try. In future do keep posting easy to make receipes. Thanks once again.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:02 amHey, I have been having stir fried noodles past two dinners..just love it! Its really one of those quick fix dinners..
June 26th, 2008 at 3:52 amWill try out your version in a day or two ..
that platter looks great Shilpa! I made a spicy Tofu satay 2 days ago and posted it:) I’m not a fan of worcestershire either, so I just use my hoem-made sweet-n-sour sauce:)
June 26th, 2008 at 7:35 pmShilpa, i am fairly new to the blogworld. I should say you are one of the inspirations for me to start blogging. You are doing a great job. Keep up the good work! Love your recipes too.
June 27th, 2008 at 10:44 pmGreat ,simmple and very yummy. I also added some sesame seeds and lil bit Maggies Hot sauce and that tasted good too.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmAs Vinegar and worcestershire sauce both add sourness, can we cut out one of these ?
Shilpa: Yes you can add just one.
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July 17th, 2008 at 4:09 amLooks yummy, Where can I get sobba or hakka noodles?
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm