Showing posts with label Chinese Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese Recipes. Show all posts

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Chinese Samosa



Ingredients:

• 1 cup Noodles (boiled)
• 1 carrot (grated)
• 2 onions (sliced)
• 2 cup cabbage (shredded)
• 1 tsp Soy Sauce
• ½ tsp Ajinomoto
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

For Dough


• 1 cup Maida
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Water to knead

How to make Chinese Samosa:


• To make filling, heat some oil in a pan, and add cabbage, onions, carrot and ajinomoto to it. Cook till the vegetables become tender.
• Now add noodles, soy sauce and salt to the above. Stir it.
• After 2-3 minutes, put off the flame and allow it to cool.
• To make dough, mix maida, warm oil and salt in a thick bottomed vessel. Add water occasionally to the above till the dough becomes a slightly stiff.
• Cover the dough with a moist cloth and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes.
• After the due time, take the dough and roll out small circles of 5’’ diameters from it.
• Cut each circle into two halves and run a moist finger along the diameter. Join the edges of each semi-circle to make a cone.
• Place a tbsp of filling in the cone and seal third side as above.
• Repeat the same procedure for the remaining circles.
• Now deep fry these stuffed cones in oil on low to medium flame till light brown.
• Chinese Samosa is ready to eat. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Chinese Fried Walnuts



Ingredients:

• 1 Pound shelled walnuts
• 1 Cup granulated sugar
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• Salt to taste

How to make Chinese Fried Walnuts:

• Place walnuts in a medium stock pot.
• Cover with water and boil for 2 minutes.
• Strain, but do not rinse.
• Transfer to a bowl and toss with sugar, while still hot, until well coated.
• Heat 3 inches of oil in a large saucepan, over medium-high heat.
• When oil appears to shimmer, fry 1 nut to test for heat.
• Nut should begin to sizzle immediately.
• Fry 1/3 batch of nuts at a time, for 4 to 5 minutes, uncovered.
• Toss nuts before each batch and repeat.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer each batch to a cookie sheet to cool.
• Season to taste, with salt and break apart when cool.
• Chinese Fried Walnuts are ready.

Chinese Samosa



Ingredients:

• 1 cup Noodles (boiled)
• 1 carrot (grated)
• 2 onions (sliced)
• 2 cup cabbage (shredded)
• 1 tsp Soy Sauce
• ½ tsp Ajinomoto
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

For Dough

• 1 cup Maida
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Water to knead

How to make Chinese Samosa:


• To make filling, heat some oil in a pan, and add cabbage, onions, carrot and ajinomoto to it. Cook till the vegetables become tender.
• Now add noodles, soy sauce and salt to the above. Stir it.
• After 2-3 minutes, put off the flame and allow it to cool.
• To make dough, mix maida, warm oil and salt in a thick bottomed vessel. Add water occasionally to the above till the dough becomes a slightly stiff.
• Cover the dough with a moist cloth and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes.
• After the due time, take the dough and roll out small circles of 5’’ diameters from it.
• Cut each circle into two halves and run a moist finger along the diameter. Join the edges of each semi-circle to make a cone.
• Place a tbsp of filling in the cone and seal third side as above.
• Repeat the same procedure for the remaining circles.
• Now deep fry these stuffed cones in oil on low to medium flame till light brown.
• Chinese Samosa is ready to eat. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Chinese Chicken Salad



Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Hoisin sauce
• 2 tbsp Peanut butter
• 2 tsp Brown sugar
• 3/4 tsp Chili paste
• 1 tsp Grated fresh ginger
• 3 tbsp Rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp Sesame oil
• 1 Pound boneless chicken breast halves
• 16 (3.5 inch square) Wonton wrappers, shredded
• 4 Cups romaine lettuce - torn, washed and dried
• 2 Cups shredded carrots
• 1 Bunch green onions, chopped
• 1/4 Cup fresh cilantro, chopped

How to make Chinese Chicken Salad:

• To prepare the dressing, whisk together the hoisin sauce, peanut butter, brown sugar, chili paste, ginger, vinegar and sesame oil.
• Grill or broil chicken until cooked. Cool and slice.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a large shallow pan with nonstick vegetable spray, arrange shredded wontons in a single layer and bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool.
• In a large bowl, combine the chicken, wontons, lettuce, carrots, green onions and cilantro.
• Toss with dressing and serve.
• Chinese Chicken Salad is ready.