It is Indo Chinese. It is Chinese ingredients given a strange but lip smacking Indian twist. Chinese Bhel is Crispy Noodles with vegetables, tossed with sauce.
College crowd grouped in street corners and Chinese Bhel remind me very much of the street side food stall culture in India and how everything is prepared at lightning speed to cater to so many waiting in the line. And that’s where it tastes the best!! It is also a great quick fix snack for unannounced guests in the evening. So here it is – the crunchy, munchy Chinese Bhel. Enjoy!
Chinese Bhel
Ingredients:
- 2 cups noodles (Any kind noodles like small bags of Hakka noodles, Ramen or Maggi Noodles are good to use). or the ready to use Asian Chow mein noodles
- 4-6 tablespoon chopped red onion
- 2 Serrano peppers chopped (Optional)/li>
- ½ cup cabbage very finely shredded – optional
- 1/2 – 1 Roma tomato chopped
- 2 tablespoons green bell pepper, chopped – optional
- 4 tablespoons fresh cilantro/coriander very finely, chopped
- 2 stalks of green/spring onion, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon very very finely julienned fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons oil
For the sauce: (adjust/modify the quantity of each of the ingredients below to your taste)
- 1 teaspoon concentrated tamarind paste + 1/2-3/4 tablespoon sugar
- a couple of teaspoons of soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha or any hot sauce (Optional)
Method:
If you are not using the ready to use noodles, break the noodles in to pieces (Do not crumble them), so they are separated, and not in clumps. Heat oil and fry the noodles at low heat, frequently tossing it around so all the noodles are cooked. It should look light brown and should be crispy to taste. Set aside.
Whisk all the ingredients for the sauce.
Place the fried noodles in the serving bowl and add all the above ingredients except the sauce. Toss.
Spoon the sauce uniformly over the noodles and toss again. Serve right away before the noodles get soggy.
this one sounds really interesting Soma. I wish I could just take that plate of bhel from here
Just tried this out ! awesome. Thanks for sharing.
I think this is exactly what I want to eat after a long day at work. Quick and tasty!
Very innovate idea. Will give this one a try. Looks very simple.
loved the bhel… was yummo! kids loved it tooo,
found the same recipe on superveggiedelight.com/chinesebhel.aspx
wondering if its your another website?
Wow, the cooking method of this dish is great, I’ll try it later and I hope it tastes the way it look. Thanks for sharing!
Really nice – thanks for sharing. I tried it by cooking the noodles by boiling in water (as per instructions on packet) and then deep frying and put some finely chopped green chillies in the sauce – gave it an extra kick!!
Madee it tonight for dinner ! skipped ginger and bell pepper as i didnt have any at home:) added some green chillies ! soooooooooooooooooooooooo goood ! Got a 10/10 from everyone
But must say quite a fattyyyy dish ! the deep frying of nooodles !
Great recipe. I used fine wheat noodles which tasted lovely added some more soya sauce. Quick and easy to make! Thanks for sharing!
very innovative recipe
just one query.,…..did u boil the noddles and then fried them…..or straight away fried them….
Straight away fry them. They wil get sticky if they are boiled.