Well well well, it was my hubby's birthday and i was planning about what all i would cook for him from almost a week back and as the day neared i asked him what he wanted. I had decided upon baby corn dry for starters, fried rice/biryani for the main course, carrot halwa for the dessert and of course soup. My husband gave the green signal for carrot halwa and veg fried rice, so for the fried rice accompaniment would be schezuan sauce and then i started the process to cook.
As a last minute change my father in law ordered for pakoda's from a local vendor coz he just loves them so i dropped the plan of making baby corn dry for starters since it would be a little too heavy for the platter.
Lets start with Soup. To be honest i bought a packet of Maggi Tomato Soup and mixed it with water and put it on stove for things to turn out quick as i had others stuff to arrange for as well.
Then comes the turn of Veg Fried Rice. My mom makes this but her version doesn't have onions in them and yet it turns out tp be super yummy. Well my version does have onions and its equally yum.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes (includes time for cooking of rice)
Serves: 7
Ingredients:
1. Vegetables [1/4 kg fresh beans, 3 carrots, 2 capsicums, 1 cup of grated cabbage, 5-6 onions, 1 bunch spring onions (if available)]
2. Green peas (frozen or fresh) 125gms
3. Soy sauce 4-5 tablespoons
4. Chilli sauce 3 tbsp
5. Vinegar 1tbsp
6. Ginger garlic paste 4tbsp
7. Oil
8. Rice 4 cups
9. Water
10. Ajinomoto 1 tbsp
11. Salt
12. Peppercorns crushed finely 8-9
Method:
1. Cut the carrots into medium thin slices and beans into vertical shape. Grate the cabbage or cut it very thin into long strips.
2. Cook the green peas till almost done and keep aside. Slice the onions as well.
3. Heat oil in a vessel and add ginger garlic paste and onion and saute till onions turn golden brown.
4. Now add the vegetables one by one and mix well.
5. Let them cook till tender. Add salt, finely crushed peppercorns and mix well.
6. Once cooked add soy sauce, chilli sauce and mix thoroughly.
7. Add the cooked rice (make sure each grain of rice is separate) and mix all ingredients well.
8. Add the ajinomoto and vinegar as well at this stage and mix.
9. Finally add the green peas and let the rice cook for about 2 more minutes on low flame.
Serve hot with Chinese Schezuan Sauce or just plain Tomato Sauce.
Chinese Schezuan Sauce
Well this again is store bought but a slight difference is that I've added some paneer and baby corn pieces into the sauce to make it more yummier. Buy Knorr Chinese Schezuan Sauce and just follow the ingredients on the pack and your sauce will be ready in about 15-20 minutes.
As a last minute change my father in law ordered for pakoda's from a local vendor coz he just loves them so i dropped the plan of making baby corn dry for starters since it would be a little too heavy for the platter.
Lets start with Soup. To be honest i bought a packet of Maggi Tomato Soup and mixed it with water and put it on stove for things to turn out quick as i had others stuff to arrange for as well.
Then comes the turn of Veg Fried Rice. My mom makes this but her version doesn't have onions in them and yet it turns out tp be super yummy. Well my version does have onions and its equally yum.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes (includes time for cooking of rice)
Serves: 7
Ingredients:
1. Vegetables [1/4 kg fresh beans, 3 carrots, 2 capsicums, 1 cup of grated cabbage, 5-6 onions, 1 bunch spring onions (if available)]
2. Green peas (frozen or fresh) 125gms
3. Soy sauce 4-5 tablespoons
4. Chilli sauce 3 tbsp
5. Vinegar 1tbsp
6. Ginger garlic paste 4tbsp
7. Oil
8. Rice 4 cups
9. Water
10. Ajinomoto 1 tbsp
11. Salt
12. Peppercorns crushed finely 8-9
Method:
1. Cut the carrots into medium thin slices and beans into vertical shape. Grate the cabbage or cut it very thin into long strips.
2. Cook the green peas till almost done and keep aside. Slice the onions as well.
3. Heat oil in a vessel and add ginger garlic paste and onion and saute till onions turn golden brown.
4. Now add the vegetables one by one and mix well.
5. Let them cook till tender. Add salt, finely crushed peppercorns and mix well.
6. Once cooked add soy sauce, chilli sauce and mix thoroughly.
7. Add the cooked rice (make sure each grain of rice is separate) and mix all ingredients well.
8. Add the ajinomoto and vinegar as well at this stage and mix.
9. Finally add the green peas and let the rice cook for about 2 more minutes on low flame.
Serve hot with Chinese Schezuan Sauce or just plain Tomato Sauce.
Chinese Schezuan Sauce
Well this again is store bought but a slight difference is that I've added some paneer and baby corn pieces into the sauce to make it more yummier. Buy Knorr Chinese Schezuan Sauce and just follow the ingredients on the pack and your sauce will be ready in about 15-20 minutes.
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