Vegetable Noodles (with spices & no sauce)

Noodles is usually a favourite dish with kids. But its still a favourite one for me. I bought some noodles this time and thought of making in an Indian style rather than using the sauces. I have also prepared the Spaghetti in Indian style and this recipe is also a similar one. You can use any noodles, even the Maggi noodles. Add vegetables and  the spices and make it very tasty and healthy. It's a flavourful noodles with all the spices.

Ingredients:

1/2 of a Noodles packet (For 2 servings)

1 Onion chopped

1 Bell pepper chopped

2 Tomatoes chopped

1/2 cup Corn

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

1 tsp Chilli powder

1/2 tsp ground Fennel seeds (Dry roast the Fennel seeds and powder)

1/2 tsp Garam masala

1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon 

Salt

Pepper

Oil

Cook the noodles according to packet directions. Drain and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Splutter cumin seeds. Add onions and ginger-garlic paste. Saute until onion turns transparent. Add bell pepper and corn. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and mix well. Cover and cook until the tomatoes gets cooked and mashed up. This will give a saucy texture to the noodles. Add the spices and salt. Finally add the noodles. Mix thoroughly so that noodles get coated with the spices and vegetables. Sprinkle pepper for making more spicy. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Chilli Soya

Its been a while I prepared the Chilli soya. Today I was a bit lazy to cook the usual stuff for lunch. I thought of making something spicy and no masala stuff.....so I made the Chilli soya. This is a simple dry version with no deep frying of the soya dipped in any batter. I feel except the pre-preparation of soya, its just very quick and easy. Soya is favourite at home and as you all know its high protein food. My son just loved the chilli soya though it was spicy. He wasn't even allowing me to take the snaps, he was going on eating from the bowl :)

Ingredients:

2 cups Soya chunks

1 Onion chopped

1 Capsicum chopped

2 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

3-4 Green chillies slit

2 tbsp Soya sauce

3-4 tbsp Tomato Chilli sauce (depending on how hot you need)

Pepper

Salt

Oil

Boil about 4 cups of water. When water starts boiling, add the soya chunks and a little salt. Mix well and let it cook for 5-10 minutes. Keep it aside for about 15-20 minutes. Drain the water and when cooled, squeeze out the water from the chunks, keep aside.

Heat some oil in a pan. Add the onions, green chillies and ginger-garlic paste. Saute until onion turns transparent. Now add the capsicum and saute until its half cooked. Add the soya chunks now. Stir fry for 4-5 minutes. The soya chunks will turn slight brown.Now add the sauces, sprinkle salt and pepper.Mix well, cover and cook for about 5 minutes so that soya absorbs the sauces.

Serve hot with any fried rice or chapathi.

Sending this to CBB Series 4 - Chinese cuisine at Tickling Palates