Showing posts with label broccoli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broccoli. Show all posts

Friday, April 26, 2013

Chinese quinoa stir fry with baby corn

Today I got up with craving of eating something very spicy. I wanted to make something healthy and fast. I had some already cooked quinoa saved from yesterday's lemon quinoa . So I thought of making stir fried quinoa with baby corn. I hope you will give it a try and you can really custom make per your taste :).

Ingredients :
2 cupped cooked quinoa
1 medium sized onion, chopped lengthwise
2 green onions, separately chop green and white portions
1 zucchini , chop diagonally
Celery , 1 cup finely chopped
Brocllie florets,1 cup
Green beans , finely chopped , 1 cup
Carrots , 1 cup shredded
Baby corn, 1 cup
Ginger , 2 tsp finely chopped
Garlic , 2 tsp finely chopped
Green chilies per taste
Soy sauce, 1 tsp
Vinegar, 1 tsp
Salt per taste
Black pepper , 1 tsp
Oil, 2 tsp
Chili hot sauce (optional)


Recipe:
Prepare all vegetables. Keep aside
Heat oil in a pan , add onion and stir fry
Once turned brown add ginger, garlic, green chili, white portion of green onions.
Stir fry for 3-4 minutes , add celery and sauté , after 2 minutes add rest of all vegetables except onion green.
Stir fry until vegetables get cooked. Then add soy sauce, black pepper , vinegar, chili sauce If adding, mix thoroughly with vegetables.

Then add cooked quinoa , salt. Remember sauces has salt already so be cautious with salt.

Cook for 3-4 min, stirring occasionally. Then add spring onion green, serve hot with hot sauce!

Tips:
I add roasted peanuts once sauces are added it really taste great and gives a Kung fu style taste :).





Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Spicy Amzing Rainbow Noodles

Ingredients:

  • Rice noodles
  • Broccoli 1/2 cup
  • Carrots 1/2 cup shredded
  • Cabbage 1 cup finely shredded
  • Green beans 1/2 cup finely chopped
  • Sesame oil 2 tsp
  • Ginger 2 tsp shredded
  • Garlic 2 tsp shredded
  • Chopped onions 1/2 cup
  • Green onions 2-3 finely chopped.
  • Black pepper 1/2 tsp
  • Vinegar 2 tsp
  • Hot sauce per taste
  • Soy sauce 
  • Salt to taste
Recipe:
  1. Boil noodles per instructions.
  2. Heat a pan, add sesame oil. Once heated add onions
  3. Sauté Onions until turn pink.
  4. Add ginger and garlic and cook for few minutes. 
  5. Then add rest of vegetables and sauté for 3-4 minute 
  6. Then add hot sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper.
  7. Once thoroughly mixed add cocked noodles.
  8. Sauté thoroughly and add salt.
  9. Top with spring onion greens and serve hot.