Vegetable Noodles

Simple noodles goes to next level when it is spiced up with vegetables and sauces. This is a comfort food for me and my husband as we love noodles very much.

Noodles is a less expensive grocery all over the world (I guess). So if we know how to jazz it up , then we can easily cook a meal with tons of vegetables.

Here goes the recipe from my kitchen to yours !

Ingredients:

Ramen noodles - 2 pack
(Original flavor noodles - 85 gm)

Water - 5 cups

Oil - 2 tbsp

Red onion - 1

Roma tomato - 2

Bell pepper -  1
Carrot -1 
Ginger - 1 inch
flavoring sachet in the noodles - 2

salt - 1/2 tsp
tomato Ketchup - 2 tbsp

Hot sauce - 1 tsp

Method:
Chop onion, tomato into small cubes.

Cut the carrot and capsicum into long thin slices.

Finely chop the ginger.

Keep aside.

Bring 5 cups of water to boil.

Open the noodles packets, remove the flavor sachets.

Break the noodles into 4 pieces.

Add to boiling water. Cook for 2 mins (half cooked).

Strain and remove water. Keep noodles aside.

Keep a pan on stove.

Add 2 tbsp cooking oil.

When oil is hot add carrot and onion. Saute 1 min.

Immediately add capsicum and tomato.

Saute till tomato turns mushy.

Add the flavoring items that came with the noodles.

Add 1 tsp hot sauce, 2 tbsp tomato ketchup.

Add 1/4 cup water. Bring to boil.

Then  add the cooked noodles and let it absorb the water and get cooked. Switch off.

Garnish with finely chopped spring onion and chilly flakes.

Vegetable noodles is ready!

Serving suggestion:
Serve hot as main course with any protein rich side dish.
Makes a good lunch pack too.

Capsicum Ramen noodles

Fresh Capsicums show up in every local market during the summer and mild weather conditions here. I admire them for their gorgeous colors and shapes....the common green chillies, jalapenos, sweet red capsicum, perfectly shaped yellow, rare orange, economical green peppers, locally grown multi colored peppers, long hot varieties and many many varieties. Whenever we go to a farmer's market I will definitely buy one or two peppers. Though literally I don't know much recipes for these capsicums, I will buy as if I am seduced by these colors:) Then only I will think for ways to using them whenever I open the fridge. In this recipe I prepared a noodle dish with a single sachet of Ramen noodles and increased the meal quantity by adding lots of capsicum, so that it serves two.  Here is the flavorful spicy noodles version using Ramen noodles and capsicum.

Ingredients:
Ramen noodles - 1 pack
(Oriental flavor vegetarian noodles - 85 gm sachet - 400 k cal)
green Capsicum / bell pepper - 1/2
red capsicum - 1/2
onion - 1
fresh green peas - 1/2 cup
ginger - 1 inch
flavoring sachet in the noodles - 1 (or) 1/2
tomato puree - 2 tbsp
oil - 2 tsp

garnish:
spring onion - few tbsp
tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp
hot sauce - 1 tsp
chilly flakes - 1/2 tsp

Method:
Cook noodles with 2 cups water. Rinse in cold water and drain. Keep aside.
Saute the finely chopped ginger. Add chopped onion and saute till it wilts.

Then add the sliced capsicum and saute for a few seconds.
Add the tomato puree and cook for 1 minute.  Then  add the cooked noodles, tomato sauce / ketchup, hot sauce, flavoring mix given in noodles packet. Switch off.
Garnish with finely chopped spring onion and chilly flakes.

Capsicum noodles is ready!

Serving suggestion:
Serve hot as main course with any protein rich side dish.
Makes a good lunch pack too.