SCHEZWAN SAUCE RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE SCHEZWAN SAUCE

Nornally i make vegetable fried rice for kids lunch box  and pack with plain raitha or some store bought chips. But my daughter always insist me to make Gobi Manchurian or Vegetable manchurian to accompany the Vegetable Fried rice. . But for me it is very difficult to make the elaborate manchurian on a weekday mornings. When we tasted Schezwan  fried rice few weeks back in a restaurant we all liked it and i have noted down in my to do list to make this recipe. Yes , now a days i am little organised and planning my menu ahead and kept a list of items to be blogged this year and planning accordingly. Coming to the recipe, i first wanted to post the recipe of home made schezwan sauce and i adapted the recipe from a cook book of Sanjeev Kapoor.

The schezwan fried rice which i made  with the home made schezwan sauce doesn’t need any accompaniment and both the kids liked it.
INGREDIENTS( FOR 3/4 CUP SAUCE)

GARLIC (FINELY CHOPPED)	1/4 CUP
GINGER (FINELY CHOPPED)	2 TBLSP
OIL	3-4 TBLSP
RED CHILLI	10-12
SOYA SAUCE	1/2 TSP
PEPPER POWDER	1/4 TSP
TOMATO KETCHUP	1/2 TSP
SALT	TO TASTE
WATER	1/4 CUP

METHOD:

• Soak the red chilli in water for an hour.
• Take out the seeds and grind it into a smooth paste. add a few tsp of water if necessary while grinding.
• the easier way to take out the seeds is ,  take it out before soaking. this makes the job easy.

• In a pan add the oil and add the finely chopped ginger and garlic . Saute for few minutes till the garlic turns golden brown color. Saute in a low flame, else it will not get cooked.

• Add the ground red chilli paste to this. ( 2tblsp )
• Mix well and cook for 2 minutes till the oil oozes out.

• Add the soya sauce and pepper powder.
• Add tomato ketchup and salt as needed.
• Keep in mind that the sauces(soya and ketchup) contains salt.

• Add 1/4 cup of water to this and cook for few minutes till it reaches a saucy consistency.
• Add little extra water if you want, but do not add too much.

• Sauce is ready.
• stay tuned till tomorrow to get the recipe of Schezwan Fried Rice.
• This can be stored in a clean bottle for 10 days in the refrigerator.