Hot and Sour Sauce

• Tomatoes - 3 no.(ripe)


• Sugar - 1 tbsp


• Vinegar (brown) - 1 tbsp


• Soya sauce - 1 tsp


• Chilli sauce - 1tsp


• Ginger - ½ tsp(finely grated)


• Cornflour - 1 tsp


• Salt - to taste

1. Wash and wipe the tomatoes, make sure it is dry.
   


2. Now chop and boil it but without adding water. Take care to stir frequently.


3. When tomatoes get soft, blend it to a smooth puree. Strain and discard seeds, skins,etc.


4. Now add all other ingredients.


5. Add 2 tbsp. hot water. Mix well, again keep it in the stove to boill, till sauce is thick enough. Check taste for salt.


6. Now ready to store in the bottles.

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.

Spicy Mint Sauce or Herb Sauce

• Red chilli - 1 no.(finely chopped)


• Garlic - 10 flakes (finely chopped)


• Ginger - 1 tbsp (grated)


• Celery - 1 stalk (finely chopped)


• Mint leaves - 1 stalk (finely chopped)


• Spring onion - 2 no.
  


• Cornflour - 1 tbsp


• Choice of herb (basil, thyme, rosemary) - 1 stalk


• Water - 1½cups


• Soya sauce - 1 tsp


• Black pepper - ¼tsp (crushed)
  


• Sugar - ½ tsp


• salt - to taste


• Oil - 1 tsp

1. Chop the  herb very fine & keep aside.


2. Dissolve cornflour in ½ cup water & keep aside.


3. Heat oil, add ginger, garlic, chillies, stir fry.


4. Now add chopped onions, celery, stir fry it for some time. Add remaining 1 cup water. Bring to a boil.
   


5. Add sugar, salt, soya sauce, mint, herb and pepper.


6. Add cornflour, stir and cook till sauce becomes transparent.


7. Now it is ready eat.


8. Serve hot, with steamed rice, bhajias, snacks and soups.

Chicken Noodles Soup

Last week my husband was having viral fever. I asked him what he want to eat he told any thing which gives me energy. So I thought of this soup. I went in to the kitchen blank without any idea while I was chopping I got this idea of making this soup. It will be some what bland if you want you can add sauce or chillies.

• Chicken - 500gms(with bone)
• Carrot - 50 gms (Chopped)
  
• Beans - 50 gms(Chopped)
• Capsicum - 50 gms(Chopped)
• Cabbage - 50 gms(Chopped)
• Noodles - 100 gms
• Onion - 1 no(Chopped)
• Garlic - 5 pods(crushed)
• Oil or Butter - 2 tsp
• Pepper - as required
• Salt - to taste

1. In a Microwave bowl put the chicken and add enough water so that it cook nicely and add salt, keep in 100% for 15 mints. If the chicken did not cook keep for some more time.
2. When done remove the flesh and discard the bones, keep this aside.
   
3. In the same water add all the vegetables, keep in 100% power for 5 mints. till it become tender.
4. When cooked strain it and keep both, the vegetable and the stock aside.
5. In a big  microwave safe bowl add water, oil and salt, boil for 8 min. at 100% power.
6. Add noodles and boil for 7 min. at 100%. Stir in between.
7. Strain and wash under cold running water and keep aside.
   
8. Now in a kadai, put the oil or butter and let it heat.
9. Add the garlic and the onion and saute' it till it become transparent.
10. Now add the shredded chicken and the vegetable and saute' it for 5 mints in high flame so that the moisture goes.
11. Add the noodles and the stock and if required add more water and cook it well and add the required salt and pepper.
12. Serve it hot.
    

Chicken Manchurian

It is a Chinese recipe which every one like a lot. It can be taken as a snacks or as a side dish with fried rice , noodles, white rice....

• Chicken - 1/2kg (bone less)
  


• Maida - 1tbsp


• Cornflour - 1tbsp


• Egg - 1


• Tomato sauce - 1tsp


• Soya sauce - 1tsp


• Garlic - 10 pods(Chopped)


• Ginger - a small piece(Chopped)


• Ginger-Garlic paste - 1tsp
  


• pepper - to taste


• Salt - to taste


• Sugar - 1/4tsp
  


• Onion - 1(cut in square)


• Capsicum - 1(cut in square)


• Green chilly - 2
  


• Vinegar -  1tsp


• Coriander leaves
  


• Oil - to deep fry
  

1. In a big bowl, put cornflour, maida, egg, soya sauce, reneger, salt, pepper, sugar and ginger-garlic paste. Mix all together by adding water as a fine paste.


2. Now add chicken and mix well. Keep this for 10min.


3. In a kadai put oil for deep fry. When oil is hot put the chicken and fry it till it turns to golden brown.


4. Now it is ready to serve as a snacks.
   

If you want Manchurian as a sauce then,

1. In another pa put some oil from the deep fried it self.


2. Put chopped onion, capsicum and green chilly, tose it nicely. But don't cook more, while eating it should be cranchy.


3. Put the fried chicken. Mix well


4. Now add the tomato sauce, vinegar, pepper salt, sugar and soya sauce.


5. In a small bowl put cornflour and water and mix it with out any lumps.


6. Add this to the gravy to make gravy thick.


7. When one boil come add the coriander leaves and serve it hot.
   

Veg Fried Rice

It is a basic method of making fried rice. In this as per your taste you can add sauces like soya sauce, tomato sauce etc. If you want Chicken fried rice you can add boiled chicken.

• Beans - 100gm


• Carrot - 100gm


• Cabbage - 100gm


• Garlic - 10pods(chopped)


• Ginger - 1piece(chopped)


• Onion - 1(chopped)


• Capsicum - 1/4cup


• Rice -2 cups (Half boiled)


• Pepper - to taste


• Vinegar or lemon juice - 1tsp


• Oil - 2tbsp


• Salt & Sugar - to taste
  

1. In a vessel put oil, when it starts to heat put onion, Saute for some time then put garlic & ginger.


2. Put all the vegetables  cook it half then put rice. Mix it well.


3. Now add lemon or vinegar, salt,sugar and pepper.


4. Now it is ready to serve.