Chinese Veg Green Chili
A Chinese-style preparation of deep-fried vegetables cooked in a spinach gravy flavored with lots of garlic and green chilies.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 100 grams Paneer
- 5 button Mushrooms
- 8 baby Corns boiled
- 50 spinach leaves medium size
- 2 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 4 mild green chillies roughly chopped
- ½ cup chopped spring onion
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
Ingredients for batter
- 4 tablespoon plain flour
- 3 tablespoon corn flour
- 1 teaspoon ginger & garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup water or little more
Ingredients for gravy
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 4 green chilies
- ¼ cup chopped white spring onion
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 3 tablespoon water
- ¼ cup chopped green spring onion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 cup vegetable oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Heat some water in a saucepan, and add washed spinach leaves. Cook for 2 minutes and then remove the leaves from boiling water and place them in a bowl of cold water. Discard the water and place the spinach leaves, 1 garlic, and 1 green chili in a grinding jar. By just using the ‘pulse’ button 2 or 3 times make a rough puree (not fine).
- Heat a wok with enough vegetable oil for deep frying.
- In a bowl add all the batter ingredients and make a smooth paste. Dip the vegetables (paneer, mushroom & baby corn) into this batter and deep fry for 10 minutes on medium heat. Remove and keep warm.
- Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan. Add chopped garlic and saute on high heat till it slightly changes color.
- Then add 3 chopped green chilies, white spring onion, and spinach puree. Fry for 1 minute and then add 1 teaspoon black pepper powder, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sugar, and salt. Stir well and cook for 1 minute.
- Make a paste of 1 tablespoon cornflour with 3 tablespoon water and add it to the spinach gravy. Stir well and finally add fried vegetables, green spring onion, and butter.
- Toss well till all the vegetables are well coasted, but do not cook too much.
- Serve hot with fried rice or with hot naan.
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Notes
1 cup = 250 ml