This is an attempt for coming up with an indianized version of the chow mien. Rice sevai or noodles anything will go well for the curry. You can try preparing with either of them, whichever goes for you.
Ingredients
Rice noodles or Indian instance sever or chow mein noodles - 1 packet
Water - as required (2-3 cups )
Salt - as required
Oil - as required(approx 4 spoons)
Corn flour -3 spoons
Vegetables for the gravy
Carrots - 2 - sliced and cut into thin pieces
Potato - 1 - sliced and cut into thin pieces
Capsicum - 1 - sliced and cut into thin pieces
Onion - sliced into thin pieces
Green chillies - 4-5 - slit into halves
Garlic - chopped into fine pieces
tomato - 1 - chopped into fine pieces
Chillie-tomato (hot and sweet) sauce - 3-4 spoons
Procedure:
1. Heat about 2 cups of water till it boils well
2. Add about 1 flat spoon of salt to it
3. Add the noodles/instant rice sevai to the water with about one spoon of oil
4. Turn off the stove and close the lid and keep aside
5. After about 10 mins, the noodles would have got cooked well and also because of the oil, the strands would not be sticking with each other
6.Drain the water well and spread out the noodles/sevai on a plate and allow it to cool.
Gravy
1. In a pan, pour about 3 spoons of cooking oil and heat it up
2. Put in the garlice pieces and green chillies and saute well
3. Add the sliced up onion, and capsicum and saute till the onions turn golden brown
4. Add the Potato pieces, sprinkle about 1/2 spoon of salt and saute well
5. Add the carrot and sprinkle about 1/4 spoon of salt and saute well
6. Mix the corn flour with about 5 spoons of water till it forms a dilute liquid
7. Pour it into the vegetable mix and mix well
8. Add the tomato pieces, add about 1/4 spoon of salt and saute well till all the ingredients are mixed well
9. Add the chillie- hot and sweet sauce to the mix
10. Pour about 1/2 cup of water and allow the mix to cook well.
11. Turn off the stove when the gravy turns into a thick mix.
12. Taste if enough salt is available in the mix and add if required.
Serving
Serve the noodles in a plate. The generous amount of hot gravy can be either spread on top of the noodles or placed besides the noodles on the plate
Enjoy your recipe well!
