Vegetable Noodles

Ingredients

• Chinese noodles - 1 packet
• Finely chopped garlic -1 1/2 - 2 tbsp
• Onion -1
• Cabbage - 1/2 cup thinly sliced
• Carrot - 1 medium size
• Capsicum - 1 medium size
• Oil -2 1/2 tbsp
• Soya sauce - 2 tsp
• Chilli sauce - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper powder to taste
•  Salt to taste
• Spring onion greens -1/4 cup finely chopped 
  

Method

1. Bring water to boil adding a tsp of oil and 1/2 tsp of salt.Then add noodles to the boiling water.
2. Stir it now and then to prevent the noodles from sticking together. Do not over cook the noodles. Test it by tasting the noodles. It should be firm but not hard.
3. Drain the noodles in a colander and run cold water over it to prevent it from sticking to each other.
4. Cut the vegetables (carrot, onions, cabbage and capsicum) into thin strips and keep it aside. This is a very important step.
5. Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped garlic and saute for 2 seconds. Then add onions and saute for a few more seconds on high flame followed by carrot, cabbage and capsicum.
6. Saute the vegetables on high flame.You should not over cook the vegetables.Then add soya sauce, chilli sauce and mix well.
7. Add the cooked noodles, salt, pepper powder and toss everything together, so that the noodles get coated with the sauces well. Switch off the flame and garnish with spring onion greens.
8. Serve piping hot with tomato sauce.