PROTEIN GLUTEN- FREE VEGETABLE NOODLES

INGREDIENTS:

• 70 gm noodles (By Pink Harvest made of Red Lentil/ Chickpea).
• ½  cup cabbage – shredded
• ½ cup carrots – shredded
• 2 tbsp chopped spring onions
• 6-8 french beans – thinly sliced diagonally or finely chopped
• 1 small capsicum – thinly sliced (green bell pepper)
• 1 cup of chopped mushroom. (optional)
• 1 teaspoon garlic – finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger – finely chopped
• ½  tablespoon soy sauce or add according to taste
• 1 teaspoon chopped coriander leaves, optional
• 1 tablespoons sesame oil – can use any oil
• salt as required
• crushed black pepper as required
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• Water as required for cooking noodles

HOW TO MAKE:

FOR COOKING NOODLES:

• First boil water in a pan with salt and oil.
• Add noodles to the boiling water and cook them till they are just cooked or al dente.
• While noodles are cooking, rinse and chop the vegetables.
• Once noodles are cooked al dente, drain them in a colander or sieve.
• Then rinse noodles in fresh water by placing the colander or sieve under fresh tap water. Drain all the water and set aside.

MAKING VEG NOODLES:

• Heat oil in a wok or pan. First add the garlic and ginger and stir fry or sauté on low to medium-low heat for some seconds.
• Increase the heat to a high and add the chopped spring onions.
• Keep on stirring continuously and stir fry the onions till they become translucent.
• Add the veggies – carrots, capsicum and french beans and mushroom
• Continue to toss and stir fry on a high flame till the veggies are almost cooked.
• You can also decrease the flame if the heat becomes too much too handle and then stir fry the veggies on a medium flame.
• Some crunch should be there in the vegetables, so don’t cook the vegetables till they become completely soft.
• Add the soy sauce, coriander, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• Add cooked noodles. Keep on tossing and stirring till the veggies are mixed well with noodles for a minute or two. Switch off the heat.
• Check the taste and add more salt, black pepper or soy sauce if required to the stir-fried veg noodles.