Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, chinese bhel recipe | crispy noodle salad | how to make chinese bhel is a vegetarian indo chinese snack made with water, salt, and oil in about 20 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: indo chinese
Ingredients
for fried noodles:
- 5 cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp oil
- 2 pack noodles (hakka noodles / instant noodles)
- oil for frying
for chinese bhel:
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- ¼ onion (finely chopped)
- 4 tbsp spring onion (chopped)
- ½ carrot (shredded)
- ½ capsicum (sliced)
- 1 cup cabbage (shredded)
- 2 tbsp schezwan sauce
- 2 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
- ¼ tsp salt
Method
- heat 3 tsp oil and saute 1 clove garlic and 1 inch ginger.
- also saute ¼ onion and 2 tbsp spring onion slightly.
- further saute ½ carrot, ½ capsicum and 1 cup cabbage till they are half cooked yet crunchy.
- now add 2 tbsp schezwan sauce, 2 tbsp tomato sauce, 1 tsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar, ½ tsp pepper and ¼ tsp salt.
- mix well on high flame till the sauce combines well.
- transfer the masala mixture onto fried bhel.
- add 2 tbsp spring onions and mix well.
- finally, serve chinese bhel immediately garnished with more spring onions.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
