Street Style Chow mein|Veg Chowmein| Desi Noodles Recipe
Chow mein is a Chinese Stir Fry noodle with lots of veggies and can have both veg & non-veg versions.Here, I am sharing my street-style chowmein recipe, an Indo-Chinese fusion, that will give you the exact “thelle wala swaad” we usually carve for.
Ingredients
For Boiling the noodles:-
- 4-5 cakes Noodles
- 2-3 tbsp Oil
- Salt to taste
- Water for boiling
Sauces:-
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Red chilli sauce
- 1-1.5 tbsp Green chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Tomato sauce
For the Chow mein:-
- 6-7 tbsp Oil
- 4-5 Green Chillies chopped
- 3-4 Onion sliced
- 1-1 ½ tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
- 1 cup Carrot
- 2 Capsicum
- ½ cup Spring onion
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
Boiling the Noodles:
- Take a large vessel and add water for boiling.
- Add oil and salt to the water. (This will prevent the noodles from sticking)
- Bring it to boil.
- Add the noodles.
- Cook for a few minutes until the noodles are cooked, or refer to the package instructions for the cooking time.
- Drain the water and rinse the noodles in cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Keep the noodles aside.
Making the Chowmein:
- Take a large wok or kadhai and heat it nicely
- Now add the oil and increase the flame
- Add the green chillies and onion
- Sauté for a few seconds on high flame
- Add the ginger-garlic paste
- Cook for a few seconds until the rawness of the ginger-garlic paste is gone
- Add the veggies
- Sauté & stir on high flame
- Do not overcook the vegetables
- Add the sauces
- Stir it nicely
- Sprinkle some salt and pepper
- Mix it
- Add the boiled noodles and sprinkle some more salt & pepper
- Toss them nicely, so that the sauces, veggies and noodles are mixed nicely
- The street-style chow mein/ desi noodles are ready to serve
- Garnish it with some spring onions and serve
- Hot & Spicy Street Style Chowmein is ready to be served Hot