Monday, December 3, 2007

Chinese Egg Noddles

Ingredients:
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1. 2 packets of noodles (1 packet = 250 gm)
2. 4 eggs
3. Salt
4. Oil
5. 2 packet of Spring Onion (1 packet = 2 spring onions)
6. 250 gm French Beans
7. Water
8. Tomato Sauce
9. Soya Sauce
10. Chilli Sauce (made of green chillies) - This is optional
11. One large non-stick oval shaped pan with wooden ladle

Recipe:
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1. Fill the non-stick pan with 3/4 of its size with water and put the noodles from 1 packet. Break the noodles into 2 to make space for all to sink in the water
2. Allow the mixture to boil. Stir occassionally. Boil for say 5 minutes till the noodles are soft
3. Pour cold water in the pan and strain the noodles. Put the noodles in the strainer
4. Beat 2 eggs - 2 for each packet of noodles and add quarter teaspoon of salt and batter the mixture.
5. Wash the pan properly and put oil in it till the base of the pan is covered with oil
6. Heat the pan and allow the heat the oil
7. Add the battered egg to the heated oil and scramble the mixture with the ladle for say 2-3 minutes.
8. Remove the scrambled eggs from the pan to a separate dish and cover it with a lid to keep it warm
9. Wash the pan and put oil in it till the base of the pan is covered with oil
10. Heat the pan and allow the heat the oil
11. Till time the oil is heating, chop the beans and green portion of spring onion to 1 inch size
12. Chop the bulb portion of the spring onion into fine circles
13. Once the oil is heated, put the chopped circles of spring onion till it becomes light brown
14. Add the rest of spring onions and beans to the mixture in the pan and stir occassionally for say 5 minutes.
15. Add the strained noodles to the mixture and stir occassionally till the noodles start sticking to the pan
16. Remove the contents of the pan to a separate dish
17. Serve the noodles with the scrambled eggs and tomato, soya and chilli sauce. Repeat the process for the second packet of the noodles.