FIVE SPICE STIR FRY

Noodles and vegetables stir-fried and flavored with five spice powder. Preparation Time : 10-15 minutes Cooking Time : 10-15 minutes

Ingredients

Noodles, boiled 200 grams French beans 8-10 Cornflour/ corn starch 1 tablespoon Orange juice 1/2 cup Oil 4 tablespoons Garlic, chopped 5-6 cloves Carrots, sliced 2 medium Button mushrooms, quartered 7-8 Onion , sliced 1 medium Broccoli 8-10 florets Salt to taste Soy sauce 2 tablespoons Crushed red chillies 1 teaspoon Five spice powder 1 teaspoon Honey 1 tablespoon

Method

Slit the French beans horizontally and then cut into diamond shaped pieces. Dissolve cornflour in orange juice.Heat two tablespoons of oil in a wok; add chopped garlic, carrots and mushrooms. Stir-fry. Add sliced onion, broccoli, French beans, salt, soy sauce, one fourth teaspoon of crushed red chillies, five spice powder and continue to stir-fry for three to four minutes. Add cornstarch dissolved in orange juice. Stir and cook till thickened. Add honey and mix. Heat the remaining oil in another pan. Add the boiled noodles and stir-fry for two minutes. Transfer the noodles onto a plate. Pour the sauce over. Sprinkle the remaining crushed red chillies on top and serve hot.

Macaroni

Ingredent

2 chickens

1/2 lb. beef

2 onions

6 tomatoes

6 potatoes

3 T. corn oil

oil for frying

1/2 cup yogurt

1 t. ground cumin

3 sticks cinnamon

1 packet spaghetti

3 hard-boiled eggs

1 t. ground black pepper

1/2 cup finely chopped parsley

salt

Methord


Cut the chicken into four pieces. Wash thoroughly. Heat oil in pan; add chicken and fry for five minutes. Puree tomatoes and add yogurt plus half the spices. Pour the above mixture over chicken and leave to cook. Put in another saucepan the minced meat, onion and half teaspoon each of salt, pepper and cumin. Stir and cook. Place aside. Peel potatoes. Slice thinly in rings, then lengthwise in match- stick size pieces. Soak potatoes in water. Strain. Heat oil and fry potatoes until browned. Remove from oil and place on paper towel. Hard-boil, peel and slice eggs. Break spaghetti into medium-sized pieces and cook in water. Strain. Put spaghetti in serving dish, arrange chicken on top and pour on sauce. Decorate with meat, potatoes and sliced eggs. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

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