Sweet and sour veggies recipe | Hot sweet sour veggies by Nita mehta

This recipe is picked up from Nita mehtas chinese cooking book.sweet and sour vegetables is a popular indo chinese recipe. the sauce in which vegetables are simmered is sweet and sour .

Sweet & sour veggies goes well with veg fried rice, veg noodles, garlic fried rice, veg hakka noodles or even just plain steamed rice or noodles.

Best part is you can use veggies of your choice.Sweetness comes from sugar ,sourness from vinegar & pineapple & soya sauce & hotness from red chilli paste

Ingredients

   

1 carrot - cut into diagonal slices

4-5 medium florets cauliflowers/ half purple cabbage ( i had used purple cabbage)

6-7 slices of cucumber

1 small capsicum (red/yellow/green) - cut into ½” pieces

2 slices tinned pineapple ( i didnt use it)

½ cup pineapple syrup or juice

2 tbsp oil

1-2 green onions - cut into slices

½ tsp red chilli paste

1½ tsp roughly crushed or minced garlic

¼ cup tomato ketchup

5 tbsp vinegar

½ tsp soya sauce

4 tsp sugar

½ tsp salt or to taste

1 stock/soup cube - crushed

3 tbsp cornflour mixed in ¼ cup water

Method:

1. Boil 1½ cups water with ½ cup pineapple juice. Add carrot and cauliflower. Boil for 2 minutes.

2. Add tomato ketchup, vinegar, soya sauce, sugar, salt and stock-cube. Keep aside.

3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadhai. Add white of onions, garlic and red chilli paste. Stir for a minute.

4. Add remaining vegetables - cucumber, pineapple and capsicum. Stir for a minute.

5. Add the vegetables in pineapple syrup to the wok. Bring to a boil.

6. Add cornflour paste, stirring all the time. Cook for 2 minutes on low heat. Serve hot with rice or noodles.

Tips

You can use veggies of your choice like beans,brocolli,babycorns,zucchini in above recipe