Slam Books.. remember??? 🙂 I think we all remember the fun that we had in creating and sharing the slam book. I used all those different designs, colors and stickers on my slam book to make it look the best. Then, I would crack my head to come up with questions to put in that slam book, only to realize that most of us have the same questions for me too 😀
Questions like favorite color, favorite actor, and many more such 'favorites' and one of them was favorite food/cuisines. And most of us would have a common answer to that.. Chinese. Yes, we all loved Chinese food! I still feel that we Indians just adore Chinese food and in India, you can find at least one Chinese restaurant in every seven mile radius. Although, there are other cuisines as well but somehow, Chinese food has made a special place in our heart.
Even though I am saying Chinese, the restaurants in India mostly make Indo-Chinese dishes.. with tons of flavor. When I traveled to Beijing for the first time, that's when I realized how different authentic Chinese dishes are and they both are amazing in their own way. Hakka Noodles is one of the most popular Indo-Chinese dish that you will find in every Chinese restaurant in India and it tastes so very comforting.
An interesting fact that I learnt from internet today: Hakka is the term that refers to a certain community in China, who are basically settled in the province of Fujian. These people are very conservative and simple. A wide number of people moved to remote parts of the world to seek opportunities, established themselves and thus, lead to the spreading of Hakka culture, tradition and cuisine. First Hakka settlement started in Calcutta and that popularized this type of cuisine giving it an Indian touch and thus, it lead to the beginning of ”Indo-Chinese” version of these dishes.
It's a quick and easy dish to make and you don't really need any side dish with it : ) I used egg noodles and because I love egg so much, I used hard-boil eggs too.
Egg Hakka Noodle
Ingredients
- 2 packets hakka noodles (I used egg noodles but you can find other varieties in any Indian or Chinese store)
- 2 cups shredded green cabbage
- 1 big onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 carrots (grated or cut into very thin slices)
- 2 bell peppers (thinly sliced)
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 2 large hard-boiled eggs
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tbs finely grated ginger
- 2 green chillies (finely chopped)
- juice of half a lime
- 1 tbs dark soya sauce
- 1 ½ tbs sambal oelek chili paste
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ cup finely chopped cilantro (for garnish)
- salt
- pepper
- oil
Instructions
- Using a food processor, grate tomatoes, ginger, garlic and chopped chillies.
- Once done, pour it in a bowl and mix lime juice and chili paste to it. Keep it aside.
- Cut the hard-boiled egg in half and fry it in a pan with some oil. It will take about 3 minutes on each side. Once done, keep it aside as well.
- In a wok, heat some oil and add the sliced onion. Season with some salt and pepper. Cook until it's golden brown.
- Add the carrots, bell pepper and cabbage and then, cook for another 10 minutes.
- Add the tomato mixture, that you had made earlier, to the wok.
- Pour soya sauce, sugar and mix properly. Let it cook for another 5 minutes.
- In the mean time, boil the noodles in some hot water with some salt and few drops of oil. It should take a max of 3 to 4 minutes to boil them to a perfect texture.
- Drain the noodles and add it to the wok .
- Mix it properly, check for salt and add if required.
- Pour it in your plate, place the fried eggs on the side and garnish it with some chopped cilantro.
Nutrition
Treat and Trick
Yummy and tempting clicks! You can replace sambal oelek with blended dry chili for better taste...
Sarah
this is my fav meal and snack. In fact we just had last night for dinner 🙂 Though i end up adding scrambled eggs. Looks like its a great idea to add boiled eggs too.. And yours look scrumptious and yummy!
Kristi Rimkus
I love this dish because it's a meal in a bowl, packed flavor. I love all the veggies!
Kristi
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You always have the most interesting recipes... I love all of them!
Swathi
Love this noodle recipes, as it contains colorful veggies. Can you put the follower icon, so that i won't miss any post.
Curry and Comfort
Okay... the picture you have of the fork is unfair. If I could grab that fork from screen I would. This looks amazing. I love the eggs. Your pictures are really beautiful. : )
Nami @ Just One Cookbook
Oh my..Kankana, this looks so delicious! Very interesting post about Indo-Chinese dish. We make Chinese dish like Japanized Chinese in Japan too, and I'm making my Chinese husband eat that. =P He tells me how "different" it is. LOL. Anyway, I like how you browned the hard boiled eggs. Very detail work. Pictures are always awesome! Have a great weekend Kankana!
Tanvi
Slurrp...yum! Its been a long time I made hakka..dinner tonite fixed.Looks so yummy!All these are such childhood favorites..and will always remain golden recipes.Have a nice weekend grl!
Kate (Kate from Scratch)
I want some of that! I've never made these noodles before, but I'm headed out to the grocery store today...I think I might pick some up. Looks delish!
Krithi
I have always wanted to try hakka noodles but never knew what flavors to infuse for making it chinese. Yours super-pretty dish gives me some ideas!
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Vimitha
I have some hakka noodles in my pantry... gonna try this... Looks so tasty...
Sarah Naveen
Loved the clicks..looks totally delicious..
Joanne
Haha well the "Chinese" restaurants here make bad Americanized Chinese so, to be honest, I'd much rather have Indo-Chinese! This looks so delicious!
And ah, yes. The days of slam books. Good stuff.
Nandini
Yummy! This is so good! I wish to have this with manchurian for dinner...
Karishma
Thanks for yet another different recipe, Kankana...always make hakka but without this paste (haven't heard of it here)...something new...will try it out!
Priti
Looks so fab ...adding egg is nice idea
tigerfish
You can make really great Chinese noodles too! As a Chinese, I adore Indian food. How interesting...:) of course, I don't cook Indian food that well.
Priya
Stunning clicks, hakka noodles are always my fav, never say no to them, wonderful platter..
Maria @ Scandifoodie
Hmm very interesting and delicious with all those flavours!
yummychunklet
I had forgotten all about slam books. Ha! This dish looks simply delicious. I'm hoping to try my hand at it soon!