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    Home » Recipes » Indo Chinese Recipes

    Hot Sweet Sour Vegetables Recipe

    Published: Jun 23, 2012 · Modified: Feb 24, 2019 by Radhika · This post may contain affiliate links · 30 Comments

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    hot sweet sour vegetables recipe

    Hot, Sweet Sour Vegetables Recipe - A melange of vegetables cooked in a thick, tangy and spicy tomato sauce that simply bursts into a myriad of flavors in your mouth. This recipe is vegan, gluten free and an Indo-Chinese preparation with all the Asian flavors going into it.

    You can serve this as a side dish with Chinese Veg Noodles, Egg Noodles or any variety rice of your choice. I served it with Veg fried rice. The rice tasted absolutely mouth watering with this hot sweet sour vegetables.

    The kids at home are die hard fans of Indo-Chinese cuisine and they always demand that I make something of that at least once a week.

    hot sweet sour vegetables

    This hot, sweet sour vegetables require no deep frying, has no added food color and I have used mixed vegetables here to prepare this saucy side dish. You can always add or sub any vegetables depending on the availability at your home.

    I have added a lot of garlic here to make it more pungent as that’s how we like it. I had some red chili paste left over when I made the sambal paste to make some Baby potato sambal and I made use of that to make this side dish.

    If you do not have any chili paste, you can always use red chili powder or red chili sauce. Since we are adding both green chili and the red chili paste, adjust the ingredients accordingly to suit your spice level.

    hot sweet sour vegetables sauce recipe

    Make sure that you not over cook till it becomes very thick. It should be a bit thin as it will keep thickening as it cools down. This Hot Sweet Sour Vegetables go well with fried rice, noodles, pulao and if you like, you can also have it with chapathis.

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    Hot Sweet Sour Vegetables recipe details as follows:

    Hot Sweet Sour Vegetables Recipe

    Hot sweet sour vegetable cooked in a tangy, spicy sauce that can be served with noodles or fried rice.
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    Prep Time : 10 mins
    Cook Time : 25 mins
    Total Time : 35 mins
    Servings : 4
    Course : Side Dish
    Cuisine : Indo Chinese
    Author : Radhika

    Ingredients
      

    • Mixed Vegetables – 1 cup (I used carrots, cauliflower, broccoli & capsicum)
    • Mushrooms – 4
    • Onion - 1 big
    • Green Chilli – 2
    • Garlic – 8
    • Tomato sauce – ¼ cup
    • Red Chilli paste or Red chilli sauce – 3 tbsp
    • Soy sauce – 2 tsp
    • Aji-no- moto or Chinese salt – 2 pinch (optional)
    • Sugar – 2 tsp
    • White vinegar – ½ tbsp
    • Corn flour or Corn starch - 1-½ tbsp
    • Water – 1 to 1-½ cups
    • Salt – to taste
    • Oil – 2 tbsp
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    Instructions
     

    Preparation:

    • Cut the cauliflower and Broccoli into bite sized florets. Chop the garlic finely.
    • Cube the carrots, capsicum and onion. Slice the mushrooms thinly. Cut the green chilli into 2 or 3 pieces.

    How to make Hot Sweet Sour Vegetables:

    • Steam the vegetables (carrots, broccoli and cauliflower). I microwaved them at high for 2 mins in a partially closed container.
    • Heat a wok with oil. When the oil is hot add garlic and sauté till you get a nice aroma.
    • Add the green chilli and give it a stir. Add onion and sauté for a minute.
    • Add the bell pepper, mushrooms, aji-no-moto (if using) and sauté for another min over high flame, till they shrivel a bit.
    • Add red chili paste, tomato sauce, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, salt and cook for another min.
    • Add the steamed vegetables and mix it well so that they are all coated with the sauces. Let it cook over medium flame for 1 to 2 mins.
    • Add water and bring it to a boil till you see the bubbles around the wok. Check salt at this stage and add more if required.
    • Meanwhile in a bowl take the corn flour and add little water to it while mixing it making sure that there are no lumps.
    • Pour this cornflour solution and mix well.
    • Increase the flame to high and cook for 1 to 2 mins.
    • The sauce will thicken a bit and you can see a glossy sheen over the vegetables.
    • Switch off and take off from the stove.
    • Hot sweet sour vegetables are ready.
    • Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot with fried rice, veg pulao or noodles.
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    Comments

    1. Anonymous

      April 03, 2013 at 2:41 am

      This is yummy! Tried it.. Everyone loved it. Thanks !,,

      Reply
    2. Indrani

      June 28, 2012 at 9:31 pm

      Wow, radhika, what a tempting looking dish, you won't believe, my mouth is watering looking at your clicks...beautiful color you got, thanks for linking it to my event, Spotlight

      Reply
    3. Sangeetha

      June 28, 2012 at 2:57 am

      love this kind of indo-Chinese preparations...looks very colorful n inviting...

      Reply
    4. Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran

      June 26, 2012 at 7:41 am

      Colorful and Tempting. Mix of vegetables make it a healthy meal.

      Reply
    5. Meg's Delicious Adventures

      June 25, 2012 at 12:45 pm

      love the color and pics.

      Reply
    6. Lizzy

      June 25, 2012 at 2:09 am

      Such a beautiful, vibrant dish!

      Reply
    7. Mina Joshi

      June 25, 2012 at 12:23 am

      Looks so delicious

      Reply
    8. Recipe world

      June 24, 2012 at 8:57 pm

      Looks so healthy and delicious!

      Reply
    9. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com

      June 24, 2012 at 6:30 pm

      tempting and love sweet and sour combination!
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      Cheers
      Gauri

      Reply
    10. Angie's Recipes

      June 24, 2012 at 4:05 pm

      This looks so appetizing! Love the flavours.

      Reply
    11. Shabbu

      June 24, 2012 at 3:10 pm

      tempting and yummy recipe...nice colour..

      Reply
    12. Jayasri Ravi

      June 24, 2012 at 1:01 pm

      Lively colours, my kids love these , our family favourite is indo-chinese fusion foods..

      Reply
    13. Supriya's Rasoi

      June 24, 2012 at 12:36 pm

      The veggies look perfectly cooked and yummy.

      Reply
    14. Kavitha

      June 24, 2012 at 8:23 am

      looking delicious and lovely color.....nice presentation....I too make similar veg gravy...

      Reply
    15. Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies

      June 24, 2012 at 2:22 am

      We love indo-chinese too!!! Looks perfect!

      Reply
    16. Sanoli Ghosh

      June 24, 2012 at 1:26 am

      Wow...lovely delicious dish.

      Reply
    17. radha

      June 23, 2012 at 11:01 pm

      Lovely. Ideal with noodles.

      Reply
    18. Chandrani

      June 23, 2012 at 10:39 pm

      Wow, Radhika sweet and sour vegetable looks so colourful and yummy..Tempting and healthy also.

      Reply
    19. Archana

      June 23, 2012 at 9:55 pm

      Wow this is amazing. Love it dear.

      Reply
    20. ammuvg

      June 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm

      wow!! looks very tempting and delicious!!!

      if u have time visit my blog.

      Reply
    21. Dolly Sharma

      June 23, 2012 at 9:31 pm

      Wow, the name itself makes me cook this dish right away. Enough to tickle one's palate !!! I loved the beautiful color of this dish and now I know its due to your home made red chilli paste. Beautiful Clicks and creative presentation.

      Reply
    22. Maayeka

      June 23, 2012 at 8:56 pm

      Wow!looks so beautiful..loved the colour and the crisp texture of the vegetables..simply delicious!

      Reply
    23. Pranjali

      June 23, 2012 at 8:52 pm

      Wow...lovely and colourful veggie curry

      Reply
    24. PT

      June 23, 2012 at 8:17 pm

      mouthwatery recipe.. nice clicks..

      Reply
    25. Hamaree Rasoi

      June 23, 2012 at 7:53 pm

      Lovely looking sweet and sour vegetable. Just can not stop admiring it. Wonderfully prepared.

      Reply
    26. Anisha Ranjit

      June 23, 2012 at 7:22 pm

      I love these kind of dishes... they taste great are really quick to make and like you said only work that is hard is chopping the veggies.

      Reply
    27. Shobha

      June 23, 2012 at 7:06 pm

      Looks yummy ..

      Reply
    28. Spice up the Curry

      June 23, 2012 at 7:06 pm

      lovely color of the dish. lovely presentation.

      Reply
    29. Priya

      June 23, 2012 at 7:05 pm

      So inviting and irresistible dish.

      Reply
    30. Roma

      June 23, 2012 at 6:28 pm

      Looks really yummy!

      Reply

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