CHINESE STICK

Viewer's Submission: received from Meenal, Calcutta, India

E-mail: meenal72@yahoo.com

INGREDIENTS

1/2 kg potatoes;200 gms beans;100 gms carrots;150 gms capcicum;100 gms cabbage;5 pieces of bread; 2-3 tsp crushed green chillies; 1tsp ajinomoto; salt to taste; oil for frying.

METHOD

Boil; peel; and mash potatoes. Add salt. Chop carrots and beans into very fine pieces. Chop cabbage very finely. Add salt and keep aside for 5-10 minutes. Squeeze out the excess water. Chop capcicum finely. Crumble the bread pieces. Heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add carrots beans. Stir fry. Then add cabbage; capcicum. Add 1 tsp ajinomoto; crushed green chillies & salt to taste. Stir fry & remove from heat. Cool. In the mashed potato, add the cooled vegetable mixture & crumbled bread pieces. Mix well. Make lemon sized balls. Shape like 2-3 inch stick. Fry in hot oil. Drain the excess oil on the newspaper. Serve hot-hot wit tomato/chilli sauce.

Serves: 7 persons.

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