Recipe: Noni Sachdeva
Ingredients
For the vegetarian balls:
- ½ cup finely chopped carrot
- 1- cup finely chopped cabbage
- 1-cup finely chopped cauliflower
- ½ cup finely chopped celery
- ½ cup finely chopped green capsicum
- ½ tsp pepper powder
- 2 cups of water
- 2 tbl corn flour
- 1 tsp finely chopped green chilli
- ¼ cup of finely chopped spring onion whites
- 1 tbl finely chopped ginger
- 1 tbl soy sauce
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup of boiled rice
For stir-fry
- ½ cup spring onion whites
- ½ cup spring onion greens
- 1 tbl fresh chopped garlic
- 1 tbl fresh chopped ginger
- 2 tbl soy sauce
- 1 tbl chilli sauce
- 2 tbl vinegar
- ½ tbl sugar
- 1 tbl tomato sauce
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbl sesame oil
- 1 tbl oil
- mixture of 1 tbl cornflour and 1 tbl water
Method
- Take microwave safe bowl. Add finely chopped carrot, finely chopped cabbage, finely chopped cauliflower, finely chopped celery, finely chopped green capsicum and water.
- Microwave it for 5-7 mins till the vegetables are about half cooked. Let it cool.
- Transfer these vegetables to a muslin cloth. Squeeze out all the water from these vegetables but collect the water (stock) into a bowl.
- Add these veggies into another bowl; add pepper powder, corn flour, green chilli, spring onion whites, ginger, soy sauce, salt, and lastly the boiled rice.
- Mix everything. We are after a doughy consistency.
- If needed add more rice to get the right consistency.
- Make small balls form this dough.
- Take a deep pan full of oil. Fry the balls till golden brown.
- Now, to make the stir-fry sauce.
- Take a bowl add soy sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce, chilli powder and sesame oil mix and keep it ready to add to the stir-fry
- Take a wok/pan.
- Add oil, ginger, garlic, and spring onion whites.
- Cook for about 2 mins.
- Add the sauce and cook for about 1 min.
- Now add the stock (left over water from the boiled vegetables).
- Add the stock depending on the consistence of the gravy that you need.
- Add sugar. Let this come to a boil.
- Add salt to taste.
- Now slowly add the cornflour and water mixture. This will thicken the sauce.
- Add in the fried veg balls. Cook for about 1 min.
- Turn the heat off. Add the spring onion greens before serving.
- Serve with some veg fried rice.
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