Chinese Pakoda (चाइनीज पकोड़ा) –Street Food From Mumbai –Cabbage Pakora–Vegetables Pakoda

Ingredients –

  • Sliced Capsicum / bell pepper (you can use any color of capsicum)
  • Shredded cabbage
  • Onions thinly sliced (optional)
  • Chopped Green chilli (optional)
  • Spring onions (Finely chopped)
  • Carrot (Finely chopped)
  • Corn  flour / Corn starch – 1/2 cup.
  • Semolina (Suji) – 1 tbsp.
  • Salt to taste
  • Food color red – (optional)
  • Ginger – garlic paste or crushed –1 tbsp.
  • Red chilli  sauce or green chilli paste (as per your taste)
  • Vegetable Oil for deep frying
  • Soya sauce – 1 tbsp.
  • Vinegar – 1 tbsp.
  • Baking soda – 1/2 tsp

Method –

  1. Add all the ingredients into a bowl and with the help of water prepare the dough.
  2. Dough should be thick enough so that the vegetables are coated evenly.
  3. Adjust salt if needed and keep aside for 10 minutes.
  4. Heat Vegetable oil in a pan /kadhai on medium heat.
  5. Take small portion of the dough and gently drop in hot oil.
  6. Keep stirring and fry on a medium heat until it turns light golden in color.
  7. Once ready, transfer fried Pakoras to a kitchen or absorbent tissue.
  8. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
  9. Chinese Pakora is ready, serve hot with chutney and tomato sauce.

Baby Corn Manchurian- Indo Chinese Style –How To Make Spicy Chilli Baby Corn Manchurian

Ingredients-

  • Baby Corn – 10-12 (cut into two pieces).
  • Salt to taste.
  • Black pepper powder – 1/2 tsp.
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
  • Red Chilli sauce – 1 tsp (as per your taste).
  • Maida/all purpose flour – 2 tbsp.
  • Onion (chopped)– 1/2 cup
  • Capsicum into cubes or length wise as per your wish.
  • Corn Flour (optional)– 1 tsp (dissolve in 1/2 cup of water)
  • Chilli Sauce as per your taste
  • Tomato sauce – 1 tbsp.
  • Soya sauce –1 tbsp.
  • Vinegar –1 tbsp.
  • Chopped garlic – 1 tsp
  • Vegetable oil as needed
  • Spring Onion (chopped)- 1/2 cup

Method

  1. Take a bowl, add baby corn,  salt, red chilli sauce , Black pepper powder, ginger garlic paste, corn flour, maida and with sufficient water and mix well.
  2. Batter is ready, cover and keep aside for 15- 20 min.
  3. Heat vegetable oil into the pan/ kadhai on medium heat.
  4. Deep fry coat baby corn until golden brown and keep aside.
  5. Fry all baby corn in same way.
  6. Heat vegetable oil (1 tbsp) into the other pan /kadhai on medium heat.
  7. Add chopped garlic, onion and fry till onion turns transparent.
  8. Add capsicum and fry for a minute.
  9. Add tomato sauce, vinegar, Soya sauce and Chilli Sauce (Use more if you need)
  10. Salt to taste, a pinch of Black pepper powder and mix well.
  11. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
  12. Add fried baby corns and Stir well, till you get baby corns covered in
    this sauce evenly.
  13. Turn off the heat, add spring onion and mix well.
  14. Crispy Baby Corn Manchurian is ready to serve…

Spicy Schezwan Cauliflower(Gobhi) Recipe- Indo Chinese Cauliflower–Cauliflower in Schezwan Sauce

Ingredients –

  • Dry whole red chilly – 10 – 12
  • Cauliflower florets – 2 cups
  • Whole garlic cloves – 9-10
  • Sugar – 1/2 tsp

For batter –

  • Corn flour / Corn starch – 1/2 cup
  • All purpose flour (maida) – 1/2 cup
  • Black pepper – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt as needed
  • Soya sauce – 1 tbsp.
  • Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp.
  • Vinegar –1 tbsp.
  • Chopped onion – 1/2 cup
  • Chopped garlic – 1 tbsp.
  • Chopped spring onions white and greens – 1/2 cup
  • Green capsicum (cut into lengthwise)- 1 cup
  • Vegetable oil  for deep frying

for the garnish –

Chopped spring onion

Method –

  1. Soak the red chilies in hot water for 30 minutes.
  2. After 30 minutes remove the steam from the chilies and put into the mixer jar.
  3. Add whole garlic and sugar into the mixer jar.
  4. Blind them will with 2 tbsp (tablespoon) of water to a smooth paste.
  5. Chilly paste is ready.
  6. Add corn flour, maida, black pepper and salt into a bowl.
  7. Pour water to make a thick batter consistency.
  8. Add the cauliflower florets and coat them in the batter well.
  9. Heat vegetable oil in a kadhai on medium heat.
  10. When the oil turns hot, drop the batter coated cauliflower florets in the hot oil.
  11. Fry them until the cauliflower florets turn crispy and golden in color.
  12. Drain them to a kitchen towel.
  13. Heat a vegetable oil into the other pan on medium heat.
  14. Add chopped onion and chopped garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes.
  15. Add green capsicum and spring onions and sauté for few minutes.
  16. Add tomato sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, and salt to taste.
  17. Mix well and cook for few minutes.
  18. Add chilly paste and little water, mix well.
  19. Add little water to corn flour (1 tsp), make a paste and mix well.
  20. Cook for few minutes.
  21. Add the fried cauliflower florets ,toss gently.
  22. Cook on a high heat for 1 to 2 minutes.
  23. Serve immediately garnished with spring onion.

Chinese vegetable fried rice

This is a very famous Chinese cuisine, which is very simple and easy to prepare. This is perfect for tiffin recipe for children’s or even for grownups. You can prepare this dish at special occasions  or even if you don’t have enough time to prepare lots of dishes.

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Ingredients –

  1. Boiled rice – 2 cup
  2. Oil – 2 tsp
  3. Salt – to taste
  4. Green capsicum sliced – 1 cup
  5. Cabbage (finely shredded) -1 cup
  6. Carrot sliced -1 cup
  7. Onion – ½ cup
  8. Spring onion – 1
  9. Chopped Garlic – 2-3
  10. Chilliy sauce – 1 tsp Or whole green chilli
  11. Soya sauce – 2 tsp
  12. Tomato sauce – 1 tsp
  13. White vinegar – 1 tsp
  14. Black pepper – 2 pinch

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Method –

  • Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add garlic, onion, spring onion and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
  • Now add all vegetable (carrot, cabbage, capsicum) and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add salt to taste, black pepper, soya sauce, tomato sauce, white vinegar, green chilly and toss well.

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  • Add boiled rice, mix all these ingredients thoroughly and cook for couple of minutes.

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  • Chines vegetable rice is ready, garnish with spring onion and serve hot.