Hakka Noodle

About this Recipe...

Hakka Noodle is another favorite snacks of mine since my childhood. It's a Indo-Chinese Recipe which is loved by all. I remember my college days, when for some reason if we skipped our lunch, in the evening we went to the roadside stalls to have this. It’s also called chow mein in many parts of India. A popular street food cooked with Chinese condiments and with vegetables. It can be easily made at home too. My mom used to made this for our Sunday breakfast and she adds lots of vegetables, she also used to add scrambled egg, so that could be your egg chow mein.

There is no particular recipe for this Hakka noodles, everyone is making it on their own way. It's totally up to you what ingredients and veggies you want to add. This is my way of making this dish, sometimes I add scrambled eggs and fried chicken with veggies in my Hakka noodles. But today I made it completely vegetarian with lots of vegetables. If you want to add egg or meat, then go ahead and on the same recipe, you can add eggs or chicken with vegetables.

Ingredients

• 150 g Noodles
• Salt to taste
• Water for boiling the noodles
• 3 Tbsp Oil
• 2 cloves of Garlic finely chopped
• 1 Medium sized Onion thinly sliced
• 1 Carrot cut into thin strips
• 1/2 Bell pepper cut into thin strips
• 3/4 Cup Shredded cabbage
• 1/4 Cup of Mushroom sliced
• 3-4 Green chillies slitted
• 1/8 Cup Frozen sweet corn
• 1/8 Cup Frozen Green peas
• 1/4 Cup Small Cauliflower florets
• 1 tsp Black pepper powder
• 1 Tbsp Soya sauce
• 1 tsp Red chilli sauce
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• Spring onion greens for garnishing

Directions

1. First of all boil enough water in a pot. Add salt and little oil to it.
2. When water starts boiling add the noodles and boil it uncovered as per package instruction or till it gets Al dente.
3. Now drain the hot water and rinse the noodles with cold water and keep it aside.
4. Now heat oil in a pan. Add the chopped garlic and sauté them for few seconds.
5. Now add sliced onion and sauté it till it gets translucent.
6. Next add carrot and cauliflower, sauté it for few minutes.
7. Add the shredded cabbage and bellpepper and fry them.
8. Next add green chillies, mushrooms, corn and peas. Mix everything well and cook it for 2-3 minutes until the mushroom gets cooked.
9. Now add salt and pepper to taste, soya sauce, red chili sauce and vinegar, mix everything well.
10. Now add the boiled noodles and toss it nicely, so everything gets incorporated well.
11. Finally sprinkle spring onions and your Hakka noodle is ready. Serve it hot.

Notes: Here I have used all these vegetables, you can alter the vegetables as per your likings.