Veg Noodles

 Noodles, yet a handy recipe comes to me while packing, my son's lunch box

                                                              Veg Noodles
   

 Cuisine: Indo Chinese
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes 

Ingredients: 
Veg Noodles: 200 gms
Finely chopped Vegetables (Carrot, Capsicum, Cabbage & Beans) : 1/2 tablespoon each
Finely chopped garlic: 1/2 tea spoon
Finely chopped ginger: 1/2 tea spoon
Dark Soy Sauce: 1 table spoon
Green chilli sauce: 1 table spoon
Pepper Powder: 1 tea spoon
Salt to taste
Oil as needed
Sugar a pinch (Optional)

Method: 
1. Boil 1/2 litre of water in a sauce pan, add 2 tea spoon of oil and little salt.
2. When the water is boiling add the noodles to it and stir well. Allow it to cook for 10 minutes till it becomes soft.
3. Strain the noodles and cool it down in running water, to avoid the sticking of noodles.
4. Place a wide bottomed pan on the stove over a high flame.
5. Add 2 tea spoon of oil, when oil is hot add ginger, garlic and the vegetables.
6. Toss the vegetables for 2 minutes and add salt. 
7. Add the cooked noodles and toss it well, add in soy sauce, green chilli sauce and pepper powder and toss it well for 3 minutes.
8. Mix it thoroughly with out breaking the noodles, you can add sugar at this stage, it gives a glossy texture, however it is optional.
9. Put off the stove and transfer it to serving bowl and serve hot.

 Note:
1. It tastes best only when hot.
2. Adding oil while boiling noodles make it non-sticky, otherwise the noodles becomes whole-mass and very sticky.