Mixed Veg Hakka Nooooooodles !

Yes…too many ooooo's…….too many twists & twirls in the bowl of noodles…but it is great fun to eat long noodles…in a skillful way ..what say !!!? I am not talking about instant maggie noodles….talking about Hakka noodles…

Mixed Veg Hakka Noodles

I cooked this time with mixed veggies and egg …as per your preference you can add different vegetables like cabbage, flat beans, chestnuts, scallion / spring onions and mushrooms or chicken too !

Ingredients :

Hakka Noodles - I took 3 cakes (serves 3 people)
Water - 4 - 5 cups
Carrot - 1 slit & cut into 2 inch pieces
Green capsicum - 1/2    cut into 2 inch pieces
Broccoli - 1 cup
Onion - 1 medium sized chopped lengthwise
Green chili - 2 chopped into small pieces
Garlic cloves - 2 chopped / minced
Ginger - chopped / minced 1 tbl spoon
eggs - 2 pan fried with pepper & salt (optional)
Tomato Ketchup - 3 tbl spoon
Vinegar - 1 tbl spoon
soy sauce - 1 tbl spoon
peppar powder - 1 tbl spoon
salt - according to taste
Oil - 6 to 7 tbl spoons

Preparation : 

Step 1:

Boil 4 to 5 cups of water with little salt. Turn off the heat and add the noodles in the hot water remain them in for 10 minutes. ( check once if they are soft enough .or else you can keep them in hot water for few more minutes..but make sure they don't be mashed and sticky).

step 2 : 

Take out the noodles in a colander and drain out the hot water. keep the noodles in colander and rinse with cold water once and drain out all the water and add 1 tbl spoon of oil to the noodles and just flip them once and keep them aside.

Step 3 :

Heat oil in the sauce pan fry onions, green chili, garlic & ginger..don't need to wait until onions to turn brownish. Now add carrot, capsicum & broccoli toss them well for 5 minutes. Now add ketchup, soy sauce , pepper powder & salt to the tossed veggies & fry for 2 minutes on a low heat.

step 4 :

add the noodles to the above preparation and mix the noodles well in to the veggies with a fork laddle. Add the already pan fried egg / chicken to the noodles and stir fry for 2 minutes adjust the salt / ketchup taste as per your preference. Turn off the heat and add the vinegar to the noodles and mix well.

Now you can enjoy the yummy noodles….twist & twirl the fork through the yummy noodles…take that first bite..mmm ..!