Authentic Chinese Noodles in 1tsp OIL

My most favorite dinner is a plate full of really HOT Chinese noodles. I just love the taste of sauteed ginger. Never imagined that it could change the taste of your meal so drastically.

Although you cant afford to have noodles everyday. ..or may be you can :) I found a way out of these white flour based noodles and replaced them with semolina or wheat based noodles. This makes the calorie content of food come down by half. They become more affordable now.

• Take the veg. you desire to add in this. I personally love capsicum, carrot and mushroom. Cut them in big (1 inch broad) yet thin slices (see pic).
  
• Take a non-stick pan and heat 1 tsp oil in it and add red dry full chillies, 4 garlic cloves cut into really small pieces and thinly sliced ginger (1 inch broad) and saute them.You may also add the veg. directly to this and saute. Add capsicum at the end and start with more less tender veggies.
  
• Add french onion cut into two pieces and thinly slice the stem and add to the mixture.
• Shower handful of fresh coriander, parlsey and salad leave, if you have.
  
• Now is the time to add sauces. Get hold of vinegar (2 tbsp), Chinese cooking wine or normal wine (3tbsp if you wish), soy sauce light(2 tbsp), red chili paste (1 tbsp if you wish) and oyster sauce (2tbsp). Add black pepper and salt to taste (remember the noodles already have salt)

These sauces along with ginger create magic. They taste just like authentic Chinese food and you would love to have them again and again. Modify the quantity of veg. to wish to add to noodles. The above quantity is for two people. You can play with the taste you like the most by reducing/increasing the sauces.

• You are free to add the noodles (100 gm for two people). There is a trick in boiling the noodles too. Let the water boil. Add salt and a few drops of oil to it so that the noodles dont stick together. Once the water is boiling, add noodles and drain them once they are cooked. Noodles should not be over boiled as they stick together and become clumsy. They should be well done and taken off the heat once they are able to break without much effort by your fingers. You wont find any white element inside the noodle if you break it now. Drain the hot water and put these noodles under cold water and wash. Put aside in a drainer for 10 mins.
• Take any wooden spoon and add noodles to the mixture and spin. The mixture has many sauces which wont let the noodles stick to the pan. Mix for a few mins and serve HOT.

Now, if you have kids you can reduce the chilli and veg. and add what they prefer more. But if you are cautious of your intake and wish to balance it well then keep more of veg. than noodles.

Best part: It has only 1 tsp oil and the calories of the noodles have also reduced by half. Veg. let you complete the daily requirement of the body and also replaces the carbohydrates you would have consumed through noodles.