Schezwan Noodles

Schezwan Noodles:

Ingredients:

for noodles:
1 pack of hakka noodles
4 cups of water to cook noodles
few drops of oil to be added while heating water.

other ingredients:

 2 cups finely chopped vegetables (a mix of  1 carrots, 5-6 beans,  1 capsicum/green bell pepper)

2 small spring onions  finely chopped, reserve the greens for garnish
3-4 garlic/lahsun finely chopped
1 tbsp schezwan sauce, you can add more for a more spicy taste
½ tsp black pepper pdr
2 tbsp oil for stir frying
salt as required

Method:

preparing the noodles:

Boil  water in a pan with some salt and a few drops of oil add the noodles in the hot boiling water cook the noodles as per the package instructions.
When the noodles are just about cooked, then strain the noodles in a colander rinse the noodles in running water very well this method stops the cooking process and removes the starch from the noodles....add oil to noodles toss it gently, so that the oil gets coated evenly on the noodles. this method gets rid of stickiness from the noodles.

Preparing the veg schezwan noodles:

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat, add the garlic and onion and saute for a few seconds increase the flame and add the french beans keep on stir frying on high flame for about 4 minutes.
add the remaining veggies - finely chopped carrots, capsicum (green bell pepper) keep on stir frying the veggies on the high flame stir fry for about 3 minutes till the edges of the veggies start to slightly brown. you can cut down on the stir frying time, if you prefer half cooked or more crunchy veggies .......now reduce the flame and add schezwan sauce, salt and black pepper add the hakka noodles in batches so that it becomes easy to toss and stir fry.

Now increase the flame and keep on tossing  the noodles till the schezwan sauce coats all the noodles well.check the seasoning and add more schezwan sauce, pepper and salt if required add the chopped spring onions to schezwan noodles. stir and serve schezwan noodles hot in serving bowls or plates.