As part of this new diet plan, I started having stir-fries with different combinations of vegetables. Its very common in Singapore food courts to have ‘mixed rice’ stalls where basically you can choose a number of side dishes of vegetables and meat on a bed of rice. Most of the vegetable side dishes are a combination of 2 or more vegetables and this is one such combo that I particularly love.
I tried it once at home and we both loved it. Yes, TH loved it too! Its really very simple too and all I had for dinner is a generous helping of this stir fry with two slices of toasted brown bread.
The star ingredients are:
BROCCOLI MUSHROOM BEAN SPROUTS STIR-FRY
INGREDIENTS:
Broccoli – one small head cut into thin florets
Mushrooms – 1 cup, quartered with thick stalks removed. I used Shitake mushrooms but you can use pretty much any variety you want.
Bean sprouts – 1/2 cup
Green bell pepper / capsicum – 1/2 cup, cut into squares
Onions – 1/2 cup, cut into squares
Garlic – 2 cloves, chopped
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Low sodium soya sauce – 4 tbsp
Cornflour / cornmeal – 1 tbsp, dissolved in 4 tbsp water
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tsp
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Heat oil and fry the onions and garlic until the onions turn pink.
2. Increase the heat to high and add the soya sauce. Let the sauce boil for about a min before adding the broccoli, mushrooms and capsicum. Continue to stir on high heat.
3. Once the vegetables have wilted a bit, add the bean sprouts and mix well.
4. Add the cornflour mix and blend well. Make sure not to use too much water to dissolve the cornflour.
5. Mix for another minute until the dish has blended well. Taste and adjust salt. You may not need as much as you think because the soya sauce will already have some salt.
You can adapt the kind of vegetables used and their quantities for this dish. Its very simple to make and quite filling too!
Do we use cornmeal and corn flour ? Together?
The simplest things in life are often the best! Thanks for the recipe.
I love this combination 🙂 I must try this stir fry 🙂
http://chefatwork.blogspot.com/2007/12/broccoli-mushroom-soup.html
Thanks Raks 🙂 It took me forever to upload all the pics and make them in order! Have to find an easier software to do it next time, something that's not very intrusive!
We atre great fans of broccoli and your stir fry looks lovely 🙂
Hi Nags, I pretty much tried the same recipe sometime back and used a couple of dried chillies and ginger julienned instead of the chilli powder. mine was without the taugay and bell pepper though.. 🙂 nice.. Shama
Hi Nags, I pretty much tried the same recipe sometime back and used a couple of dried chillies and ginger julienned instead of the chilli powder. mine was without the taugay and bell pepper though.. 🙂 nice.. Shama
Nice recipes coupled with some great photography…will try this recipe, looks awesome and is healthy too…btw, when does the chilli powder go in, is it before adding the soy sauce ?
Yes Smitha, just before adding the soya sauce!