Hot & Sour Sauce

hot and sour sauce

Hot and Sour Sauce is one of the most tasty and popular sauces in Chinese cuisine which is very easy to make.

Ingredients

Finely chopped garlic                2 tbsp

Finely chopped tomato              ½ cup

Tomato ketchup                        2 tbsp

White vinegar                            2 tbsp

Sugar                                       ½ tsp

All ground spice                        ½ tsp

Soya sauce                              1 tbsp

Oil                                            2 – 3 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a heavy based saucepan, add chopped garlic and sauté.

Add chopped tomato and mix well.

Add tomato ketchup, sugar and mix well.

add ketchup 

Add vinegar and mix well.

add vinegar

Add soya sauce and stir well.

add soya sauce

Add all ground spiced to make it Indian.

add spices

Chilli Paneer

chilli paneer 

Chilli Paneer is a melt in the mouth starter with Chinese flavour,  is an all time favourite to all that is really easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Paneer (cottage cheese) cubes  250 gm

Corn flour                                  2 tbsp

Oil                                            for frying         

Salt                                          to taste

Green bell pepper                      1 no.

Onions                                      2 nos.

Green chillies                            5 – 6 nos

Chopped garlic                          3 – 4 cloves

Oil                                            1 tsp

Corn flour                                  2 tbsp

Vegetable stock                        ½ cup

Soya sauce                              1 tsp

Tomato ketchup                        1 tbsp

Vinegar                                     1 tsp

Salt                                           to taste

Method

In a bowl put paneer cubes and toss with corn flour and salt.

paneer cubes with corn flour and salt

Deep fry this paneer until golden and keep aside.

In another bowl add corn flour, vegetable stock, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, vinegar and mix well.

soya sauce mixture

Slice the capsicum and onions.

sliced capsicum onion

Now heat oil in a pan on high flame, add chopped garlic stir and add sliced onion and capsicum and stir well.

add garlic onion chilli in hot oil 

Now add fried paneer and toss well.

add the fried paneer 

Then add the prepared soya sauce-ketchup mixture, required salt and mix well until become thick.

add soya sauce mixture and mix well

Remove and serve hot.

Schezwan Sauce

schezwan sauce 

Schezwan sauce is one of the main ingredients of Indo Chinese recipe. Very easy to prepare and can be used for 15 – 20 days.

Ingredients

Kashmiri red chillies                   20 nos.

Red bell pepper                          1 no.

Chopped garlic                           2 tsp

Chopped ginger                          1 tsp

Vinegar                                      1 cup

Tomato paste                             2 tbsp

Salt                                           to taste

Sugar                                        1 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder            1 tsp

Sesame oil                                 ¼ cup

Method

Take a bowl, add red chillies and water then keep in oven for 1 minute in high power.

red chillies in hot water

Take out the bowl from oven and keep aside for 30 minutes.

Then drain the water and put the chillies in blender, add chopped garlic, chopped ginger, chopped bell pepper, vinegar, tomato paste.

add all ingredients 

Now add chilli powder, sugar, salt and blend.

add chilli powder and sugar 

Heat sesame oil in a pan on high flame.

heat sesame oil 

Then pour this hot oil into blender and mix with a spoon.

pour hot sesame oil in paste and mix 

Now keep this prepare schezwan paste in air tight container and keep in fridge. 

store prepare schezwan sauce in air tight container 

Chicken Lollipops

chicken lollipop 

A famous deep fried Chinese starter served with schezwan sauce. Try this easy to make Chicken Lollypop recipe at your home and enjoy

Ingredients

Chicken wings                           12 – 14 nos.

Oil                                             to fry

For batter

Corn flour                                   ½ cup

Refined flour                               ½ cup

Eggs                                         2 nos.

Chilli paste                                1 tbsp

Garlic paste                               1 tbsp

Soya sauce                               2 tsp

Oil                                            1 tbsp

Salt                                           to taste

Black pepper powder                   to taste

To serve

Schezwan sauce                        as required

Method

To prepare batter

Take a mixing bowl, add corn flour, refined flour, eggs, garlic paste, chilli paste, soya sauce and mix well.

put all ingredients in flour

Then add water, salt, black pepper, oil into bowl and mix well.

prepare batter

Coat the chicken wings with the batter.

put chicken wings in batter

Heat oil in a pan.

Now fry the coated chicken wings on low flame till light brown then remove on tissue.

fry till light brown 

Then again put the fried chicken wings on high flame till golden brown 

again fry until golden brown 

And remove on tissue.

remove on tissue 

Now place them on serving plate and serve with schezwan sauce.

serve chicken lollipop with schezwan

Vegetable lo mein

It is a tasty dish, place cooked vegetables on steamed noodles.

Ingredients

Red bell pepper juliennes           1 tbsp

Carrot juliennes                         1 tbsp

Zucchini juliennes                      1 tbsp

Yellow squash juliennes             1 tbsp

Broccoli florets                          7 – 8 nos

Ginger  juliennes                       2 inches

Soy sauce                                2 tsp

Chilli sauces                             1 tsp

Tomato sauce                           3 tsp

Hoisin sauce                            4 tbsp

Chicken stock                          as required

Crushed black pepper               1 tsp

Honey                                     1 tsp

Coriander leaves                       7 – 8 nos

Sesame oil

Method

First heat water in a pan put salt and keep a strainer filled with boiled noodles on it and steam.

steam the boiled noodles 

On the other oven heat sesame oil, add ginger juliennes, carrot juliennes, red bell pepper juliennes, green zucchini juliennes, Yellow squash juliennes and toss them.

add all vegetable juliennes

Then add soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, hoisin sauce and mix well.

add all sauce

Add broccoli florets slices then mix.

add brocoli

Add require chicken stock, crushed black pepper, coriander and honey and cook for 1 to 1 ½ minutes.

add water and cook

Now place steamed noodle on serving plate.

Make a hole at middle and pour the vegetable mixture into it.

pour vegetable mixture on noodles

Garnish with parsley leaves and serve hot.

garnish vegetable lo mein

                                    

Tofu chilli garlic

tofu chilli garlic

Ingredients

Tofu cubes                               1 cup

Dry red chilli                              3 nos

Garlic chopped                         1 tsp

Ginger chopped                        1 tbsp

Oil                                          1 tbsp

Red bell pepper diced               1 no

Green bell pepper diced            1 no

Yellow bell pepper diced           1 no

Soya sauce                             3 tsp

Black peppercorn powder          to taste

Roasted peanut                        2 tbsp

Salt                                         to taste

Method

Heat oil on a pan, add chopped dry red chilli, garlic, ginger, tofu and mix them lightly.

add tofu

Now add chopped red bell pepper, green bell pepper and yellow bell pepper and sauté.

add bell peppers

Then add soya sauce, blakh peppercorn powder, roasted peanut and salt and toss well.

toss all

Remove to serving plate and garnish with spring onion and carrot flower.

Veg man-chow soup

vegetable man-chow soup

Yummy vegetable thick soup with chopped veggies and top with fried noodles.

Ingredients

Carrot chopped                           ¼ cup

Onion chopped                           ¼ cup

French beans chopped                ¼ cup

Cabbage chopped                       ½ cup

Garlic chopped                           1 tbsp

Red bell pepper chopped             ½ cup

Vegetable stock                         200 ml

Soya sauce                               1 tbsp

Vinegar                                     1 tsp

Green chilli sauce                      1 tbsp

White pepper powder                  to taste

Corn starch                               2 tbsp

Salt                                          to taste

Oil                                            2 tbsp

For garnish

Spring onion shoots

Fried noodle

Carrot chopped

Method

First heat oil on a pan, add chopped carrot and stir, add onion and sauté.

Then add chopped french beans, chopped cabbage and stir well.

Now add chopped garlic, chopped red bell pepper and mix them well.

all vegetable

Then add soya sauce, vinegar, chilli sauce, vegetable stock and salt and mix well.

Now mix corn starch with water and add to the soup and stir well.

Remove the ready manchow soup in a serving bowl top with fried noodles and spring onion shoots.

Garnish on spoon with chopped carrot and spring onion.

garnished man-chow soup

Chilli orange wonton soup

chilli orange wonton soup

A unique Chinese vegetable healthy soup of wontons cooked with orange juice. 

Ingredients

Fresh red chilli (diagonally sliced)	1
Orange juice	1 cup
Wonton wrappers	4
Vegetable stock	3-4 cups
Red chilli sauce	as required
Carrot , cut into star shaped pieces	½  medium
Cabbage leaves chopped	4 leaves
Salt	to taste
Corn flour/ corn starch	2 tsp
Spring onion greens chopped  for garnish

Method
first cut the wonton wrappers into four pieces each.

Now place them on a flat surface, dampen the edges all around and Place a little chilli sauce in the centre of each wonton piece.

add chilli sauce in wonton piece 

Then fold one corner over the other keeping it a little off centre to resemble a triangle.

fold the wonton

Now dampen the edges again and bring two corners to the centre and press lightly.

ready wonton

Heat vegetable stock in a wok. And put the wontons in the boiling vegetable stock.

Add carrot, cabbage, fresh red chilli and salt.

add all vegetable

Now add orange juice and cook for three to four minutes.

Mix corn flour in quarter cup of water and add to the soup. Cook till the soup thickens.

add orange juice and corn flour

Now pour into a soup bowl, garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot.

ready chilli orange wonton soup

Peanut sesame chicken

peanut sesame chicken

It is chinese chicken dish with main ingredient sesame oil, orange juice and wonton, so it is healthy, tasty and easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Peanut roasted                          4 tbsp

Sesame seed toasted                2 tbsp

Chicken breasts                        500 gm

(cut into strips)

Sesame oil                               6 tbsp

Baby corn                                 4

(diagonally sliced)

Broccoli florets                          6 small

Orange juice                             1 cup

Wonton wrappers                      2

Salt                                          to taste

Soy sauce                                2 tsp

Corn flour                                  1 tbsp

Red capsicum                           1 medium

(seeded and sliced)

Method

First heat 2 tbsp sesame oil in a wok and add baby corn and sauté.

Then add chicken and continue to sauté.

add chicken to baby corn

Now add broccoli, orange juice and cook.

add broccoli and orange juice

Add soy sauce and salt in chicken and mix.

Now in a small bowl add corn flour and ½ cup water, mix and add to chicken, stir.

Add peanut and sesame seed and mix well.

add peanut and sesame

Now add red capsicum and cook on high heat for 2 minutes.

Now in other pan heat the remaining sesame oil.

Roll 2 wonton strips and further cut them into thin slices. 

roll and chop the wonton

Add them to the hot oil and fry till crisp.

fry the wonton

Transfer the ready chicken into a serving dish and top it with fried wonton strips. Serve hot.