Few fresh bell peppers, a whole basket full of hot chili peppers, some tomatoes  & bitter gourds are a few things that I harvested from my yard a couple of days back; fresh, glossy & happy produce of my efforts through the summer.
(more…)

Tangy Hot Oil

This Oil is similar to what we are accustomed to getting in most Chinese Restaurants. Our family, all of us being spice eaters:-) always take a few extra of these ‘Hot Oils’ whenever we are eating Chinese. This Tangy Hot Oil is something which I experimented at home, by adding a few more things to the basic oil and crushed red peppers. The result was pretty well accepted and I have also used the oil to cook some other dishes with it for extra spicy flavor.

Ingredients: 

1. 1/2 cup  Oil
2. 2 cloves of garlic
3. 1 tablespoon of vinegar
4. 2 tablespoon of ginger juice (grate fresh ginger and strain out the juice)
5. 2 tablespoons of crushed dry red pepper
6. 3 hot green chili pepper ( numbers may be adjusted to taste)
7. 1 tablespoon ketchup
8. 1 tablespoon any red hot sauce

Preparation:

Chop and mash 1 clove of garlic. In a bowl mix together  garlic, ginger juice, ketchup, hot sauce, vinegar and slit green hot peppers.

Heat Oil to smoking hot. Add 1 clove of garlic in the oil. Add the red pepper flakes  till they start sizzling. Add the mixture in the bowl to this hot oil and simmer for about 10 minutes.

Serve with Fried Rice or even use it as spiced cooking oil.