Ingredients:
1 medium broccoli
1/4 cup ( 4 tbsp) all purpose flour
3-4 tbsp cornflour
1/4 tsp pepper powder
1/4 tsp chilli powder
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 green chillies, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1- 1 1/2 tbsp red chilli sauce
3-4 tsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp sugar
1 small capsicum, cubed
1/4 tsp sugar
1 small capsicum, cubed
spring onions, chopped
salt to taste
oil
Preparation:
- Clean and cut broccoli into florets and keep it aside.
- In a bowl, add all purpose flour, cornflour, pepper powder, chilli powder and salt and make a batter without any lumps adding about 1/4 cup of water.
- Dip the broccoli florets in this batter until well coated for about 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the marinated broccoli florets till crispy and golden brown.
- In another thick bottomed pan, heat 1 1/2 tbsp oil ( same oil used for frying broccoli) and add chopped onion, garlic and green chillies and saute well until onions are soft and lightly browned.
- Add cubed capsicum and saute for a minute.
- Add tomato sauce, soy sauce, chilli sauce and sugar to this and mix well.
- Then add 1-2 tsp cornflour mixed with 1/2 cup of water and mix well.
- When it starts to boil, add the fried broccoli florets and stir well for 2-3 minutes. Adjust the salt.
- Garnish with chopped spring onions and remove from flame…Serve hot…
