Ginger garlic shrimp stir fry

This chinese mild spicy garlic shrimp shrimp stir fry is easy to prepare and ready in minutes. Best served with jasmine/fried rice or over noodles.

Serving size: 4

Total preparation time: 25 mins 

Cooking time: 8 mins 

Ingredients:

For the marination:

15 headless, skinned, cleaned and washed shrimps

1 tspn fresh garlic paste

1/2 ginger paste

1 tspn soya sauce

1 tspn rice vinegar

1 tspn black pepper powder
1 tsp chilli Powder

1 tspn corn flour

1 tspn salt

For the stir fry :

4 greens onions chopped ( separate the green part) 

6-7 garlic cloves minced

1/2 inch ginger, grated.

2 tspn dark soya sauce 

1 tspn paprika

1 tbspn sesame oil

For garnish:
1/2 tspn lemon zest
1 tspn chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Marinate the shrimp with the listed marination ingredients for 20 mins under refrigeration. Heat oil in a wok, sauté the garlic, ginger for 1 mins on high heat. Mix in the white onion and saute for 30 seconds. Add the marinated shrimp to the wok along with the residual marinade. Stir fry on medium to high heat for 3- 4 mins till shrimps are tender. Sprinkle some paprika over the shrimp. Once the shrimp are cooked, turn off the heat and top with the chopped green onion. Served garnished with lemon zest and chopped coriander leaves. 

Tips :
Adding corn flour to the marinade makes the spices and the sauces stick to the shrimp.
Adding paprika while stir frying gives good color to the shrimp.

Use fresh garlic for this recipe

Use a heavy bottom pan to avoid the thick sauce from sticking to the bottom while cooking on high heat.

Do not overcook the shrimp

Separate the green onion part from the white onion and do not saute the onion for a long time. Green onion part should not be cooked and only added at the end for a steamed cripsy tender flavor.

Chinese Sweet corn vegetable soup

Serving size : 4
Total Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 10-12 minutes.

Ingredients :

1.5 cup corn kernels
2 tbsp finely chopped carrot
1 tbspn chopped white onion (white part of green onion/scallions)
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tspn ginger paste
1 tbspn chopped celery.
2 tbspn finely chopped green onion.
4 cups vegetable stock. ( see recipe)
1 tbspn chopped coriander leaves
1 tbspn oil
1 tspn salt
1/2 tspn sugar
1.5 tspn freshly ground black pepper powder
1/2 tspn corn flour (optional )
1 tspn soy sauce (optional)
1/2 tspn Rice vinegar (optional)

Method :
Coarsely grind 1 cup corn kernels in a blender till its creamy and pulpy. Keep some mashed/broken corn pieces and do not make a paste. Now heat oil in a saucepan, and saute the garlic and ginger. Add the onion and saute till transparent. Add the salt, black pepper. Add the celery, carrot, corn kernels, mashed cream of corn and part of the green onion and saute for a minute. Add vegetable stock and bring it to a boil. Simmer covered on medium for 5 mins till all the added veggies are cooked. Add the coriander leaves. Mix corn flour, rice vinegar and soy sauce separately in a bowl with sugar and stir in the simmering soup. Turn the heat on low and stir to get the desired consistency. Add water or stock if required. Check for taste and adjust salt, and black pepper. Serve hot garnished with chopped green onions.

Chinese Vegetable egg fried rice

Serving 4-5

Total preparation time : 40 mins 

Ingredients :

1 cup raw rice, cook only 70% with salt and veg stock/ chicken broth. ( evenly separated grains and not sticky)  (See Homemade veg stock recipe)

4 eggs, well beaten, scramble with oil and set aside. 

Veggies to sauté: 

6 finely chopped green beans 

1/2 cup green peas

1 cup finely chopped carrots

1/2 cup finely chopped celery 

1 cup finely chopped green onion

1/2 cup white onion/ white part of green onion

3 tbspn finely chopped garlic

1 tbspn finely grated ginger

Seasoning :

1 tspn sugar 

2 tspn black pepper 

1 tbspn rice vinegar

1 tbspn chilli sauce 

2.5-3 tbspn dark soya sauce

Salt to taste 

Garnishing : 

3 tbspn finely chopped green onion

2 tbspn grated carrot

A few roasted peanuts deskinned. 

To cook :

Sesame oil  3 tbspn

2 cups water or 1 cup veg/ chicken stock to cook the rice 

Method 

Heat a nonstick large skillet/ pan on high heat with 1 tbspn oil, add ginger, garlic and black pepper. Then stir fry with white onions and set aside in the bowl with the scrambled egg. Now take another 1 tbspn oil in the same pan, add rest of the veggies one by one and stir fry on high heat till partly cooked.( don't overcook). Adjust the heat to low, add the rest of the seasoning and simmer for 2 mins. Add cooked rice, the egg and sautéed ginger, garlic and onion. Mix well without breaking the rice and cook covered for 3 mins. Mix well 2-3 times and garnish with green onion, carrots and peanuts. Serve immediately with your choice of stir fry/ curry. 

Tips:

-Rice should not be over cooked, use straining method if using water.

-Add easily cooking veggies like celery, bell peppers last while you sauté and cook veggies till crispy.

-Setting aside the sautéed onion garlic and ginger doesn't let it overcook along with the veggies.

- If adding chicken/ shrimp or tofu, marinate it with rice wine, rice vinegar, soya sauce black pepper and salt, sauté it and set aside before starting.