Prep time: 15 mins | Cooking time: 25 mins | Serves: 6
Ingredients:
- Boiling water
- Soya chunks 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Corn flour 1/4th cup
- Refined Flour 1/4th cup
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Oil for shallow frying
- Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Black pepper powder a pinch
- Garlic 2 tbsp (chopped)
- Soy Sauce 1 tbsp
- Red Chilli Sauce 2 tbsp
- Spring onion 1/4th cup (chopped)
- Green Peppers 1/2 cup (diced)
- Red Bell Pepper 1/2 cup (diced)
- Yellow Bell Peppers 1/2 cup (diced)
- Ketchup 1 tbsp
- Corn starch 1 tbsp + water 100 ml
- Vinegar 1 tbsp
- Green chillies 1-2 nos. (chopped)
- Ginger 1 tbsp (chopped)
Method:
- Set water for boiling, add the soya chunks and boil for 2-3 minutes. Strain the excess water, rinse with fresh water & squeeze the excess water from soy chunks.
- Transfer the soy chunks to the mixing bowl, add corn flour, refined flour, ginger garlic paste, soy sauce, salt & pepper, mix and coat well.
- Set oil in a pan on medium high heat, shallow fry the marinated soya chunks until crisp. Remove it on an absorbent paper and keep aside for later use.
- Set oil in a wok on high heat, add garlic, ginger and green chillies, sauté on a high heat for a minute, dd spring onion bulbs and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Add capsicum and bell peppers and sauté them for a minute keeping the flame high. Add the soy sauce, red chilli sauce, ketchup, salt & pepper, sauté on high flame for a minute.
- In a separate bowl mix corn flour and water, add the water and corn flour mixture and cook until sauce thickens, add the fried soya beans and cook for 2-3 minutes, add vinegar and finish it by adding freshly chopped spring onion greens.
- Serve hot as a party appetizer.