Chinese Schezwan Sauce

• Red chillies - 25 no.(dried long)


• Garlic - 3 bulbs (flaked and peeled)


• Garlic - 10-15flakes(finely chopped)


• Green chillies - 3 no.(finely chopped)


• Ginger - 2" piece(peeled and grated)


• White onions - 2no.(finely chopped)


• Celery - 1 stalk (finely chopped)


• Cornflour - 2tsp
  


• Brown vinegar - 1 tbsp
  


• Sugar - 1 tbsp
  


• Ajinomoto - 2 pinch(optional)


• Oil - 1 tbsp
  

1. Boil the garlic bulb and red chillies in 2 cups water, for 5 minutes. Drain water, keep it aside.


2. Grind the chillies and garlic to a fine paste.


3. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Add ginger, chopped garlic, chopped chillies, stir it well.
   


4. Now add celery, onions, stir fry till onions are transparent.


5. Add the ground paste, stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Dissolve cornflour in 2 tbsp. water. Add all other ingredients, and drained water from chillies.


6. Bring back to boil, stirring continuously. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, till sauce is thick and smooth.


7. Now fill in the clean bottle after it is cool and refrigerate, use in Chinese cooking as required.

Low fats: Veg. soup

• Veg stock or water – 750 ml
• Celery – 60gms
• Onion – 60gms
• Tomatoes – 120gms
• Turnip – 60gms
• Corn flour – 30gms
• Milk – 300ml
• Pepper powder – to taste
• Salt – to taste

1. Chop all the vegetables.
2. Cook in the veg stock till tender or in water.
3. When it cooked well strain the stock and make a pure.
4. Now in another pan mix milk and corn flour to make white sauce.
5. Add this white sauce to pure with pepper powder and salt.
6. Reheat this again and serve. If you want you can add some boiled vegetables at this time for more taste.