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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Vegetable Stir Fry with Shrimp


This is a healthy colourful inviting dish that can be made in minutes.
Just make sure you do not overcook the vegetables or you Will lose the vitamins. The vegetables taste great too.
We can make it according to our taste by adding the vegetables we like/are available and omitting the ones we do not like.
This can be served with plain steamed rice, fried rice  or noodles.

Ingredients:

Shrimp - 1 cup
mixed vegetables, chopped into bite size - 3 cups
(Carrot, Beans, broccoli Florettes, onions, mushroom, red bell peppers, green capsicum)
ginger& garlic paste - 1 tsp
corn starch - 1 tbsp
soy sauce - 1 tbsp
chili sauce - 1 tbsp
Vegetable stir fry sauce - 1 tbsp (optional)
vinegar - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
Salt - according to taste.
Water  -2 tbsp

Method:

* Clean shrimp and marinate it with soy sauce, chilly sauce, vinegar and salt. Fry it in oil. drain the excess oil and keep it aside.
* Mix corn starch in a little water and add soy sauce, vegetable stir fry sauce, chili sauce, vinegar and salt to taste in a small bowl.Mix them together and Keep it aside.
* Heat oil in a pan and add ginger garlic paste and stir. Add carrot and beans and allow it to cook for around 5 minutes. Here we should start by adding the vegetables that take longer to cook.
* Add other vegetables and cook until heated through and vegetables are tender.
* When the vegetables are almost cooked, Add the corn starch mixture and Stir gently until mixture thickens slightly to required consistency.
* Stir in the fried shrimp and serve hot.

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