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Last Updated : May 04,2019
Chinese Basic Recipes
Basic Chinese Recipes : Veg Basic Chinese Recipes. To master any cuisine, you need to get the basics right. Our Chinese Basic Recipes section shows you how to prepare certain recipes like Clear Vegetable Stock, Boiled Hakka Noodles, Crispy Rice, which are used in the preparation and serving of several Chinese recipes.
The taste of Chinese soups like Manchow and Chinese vegetable clear soup highly depends upon the flavorful stocks. Clear Vegetable Stock is made by simmering together different vegetables. Also, you can make Ginger Water that has an extensive use in preparation of Chinese sauces as well as recipes.
Garlic, Ginger and chilies are extensively used in Chinese cooking to provide an intense flavor to the dish. If you master these basic recipes of Chilli Garlic Paste and Chilli Paste, you can whip up tongue-tickling delights like Corn and Bean Sprouts
Deep-fried, crispy starters and hot dim sums taste amazing with accompaniments like Green Garlic Sauce and Green Onion and Ginger Dip. Serve it at parties and you will surely get praised by all the guests.
Cook Rice and Noodles Perfectly
The cooking method is very important in case of Chinese cuisine. A simple ingredient like Chinese rice / Hakka noodle requires you to know how to cook them perfectly to further cook them with a number of sauces and ingredients. Refreshing them with cold water will stop the overcooking and give them the required texture avoiding mushiness.
Crispy Fried Noodles plays a versatile role in Chinese cuisine. From being a fun accompaniment to the main ingredient in dishes like Chinese bhel and Crispy Noodles Topped with Paneer in Tomato Sauce, it can be easily made at home and stored in air-tight containers.
Once you get the basics right, you will be able to accomplish not only the recipes given in books and websites, but also come up with your own innovative recipes by mixing and matching the spices and sauces!
Enjoy our Basic Chinese Recipes : Veg Basic Chinese Recipes and othert Chinese Recipe articles below.
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Boiled Hakka Noodles by Tarla Dalal
No
Chinese meal is ever complete without Boiled Noodles, which is used not just for the main course but also to prepare a range of other dishes ranging from soups and starters to desserts too!
This means that before you foray into Chinese cuisine, you ought to ....
Recipe #4183
Boiled Hakka Noodles
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Indo Chinese Hot and Sour Sauce by Tarla Dalal
A classic Oriental sauce, which is sour and spicy at the same time with a faint hint of sweetness, the Indo-Chinese Hot and Sour Sauce is a handy sauce to keep in your fridge.
It can be used to toss
noodles or served as a
Recipe #22559
Indo Chinese Hot and Sour Sauce
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Chinese White Sauce by Tarla Dalal
Chinese White Sauce is very different from the mildly flavoured Continental version, although it also has a creamy consistency and a pleasant white colour.
This vibrant sauce is made of clear vegetable stock, thickened with cornflour and perked up with typical Oriental flavorings like ginger a ....
Recipe #4188
Chinese White Sauce
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Recipe# 4185
04 May 19 
Crispy Fried Noodles, Chinese Fried Noodles by Tarla Dalal
Crispy Fried Noodles is just the right accompaniment to make a bowl of sumptuous soup all the more exciting!
Hakka noodles, fried till golden coloured and crisp, can be cooled and stored in an airtight container for serving with soups as well as for adding to other
Recipe #4185
Crispy Fried Noodles, Chinese Fried Noodles
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Recipe# 38556
25 Apr 19
Basic Vegetable Stock by Tarla Dalal
Basic Vegetable Stock can help you with a lot of recipes – from
soups to gravies. It has a neutral flavour and desirable consistency that make it very versatile.
You can collect vegetable stock while cooking veggies for other items like
Recipe #38556
Basic Vegetable Stock
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Clear Vegetable Stock by Tarla Dalal
The Clear Vegetable Stock used for making Oriental soups and vegetable dishes combines vegetables like cabbage, spring onions and celery to give the typical sharpness that is characteristic of most
Chinese dishes.
Combined with crisp veggies and peppy sauces, ....
Recipe #4181
Clear Vegetable Stock
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How To Cook Basmati Rice by Tarla Dalal
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Long grained rice are thin, slender varieties of rice. The best and most popular variety is the Basmati rice, which when literally translated from Hindi, means 'queen of fragrance'. Upon cooking the basmati rice, they stay pearly white and aromatic.
Basmati rice are widely used in the preparation ....
Recipe #33068
How To Cook Basmati Rice
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Recipe #4182
Chinese Rice, Chinese Cooked Rice
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Chilli Garlic Paste by Tarla Dalal
Chilli and garlic – two super pungent ingredients – come together to make a fiery tongue-tickler. The secret to making the Chilli Garlic Paste lies in soaking the chillies in hot water before blending, otherwise you won’t be able to grind it properly.
Done the right way, you get a spicy paste wi ....
Recipe #287
Chilli Garlic Paste
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Recipe# 282
21 Jan 19
Chilli Garlic Sauce by Tarla Dalal
Chilli and garlic are all-time favourite ingredients when it comes to the preparation of
Chinese accompaniments, because their pungent notes add an adventurous dimension to any dish.
Here we show you how to make a fiery Chilli Garlic Sau ....
Recipe #282
Chilli Garlic Sauce
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Tangy Tomato Sauce for Vegetables and Noodles by Tarla Dalal
A quick and easy sauce with a rich texture, the Tangy Tomato Sauce for Vegetables and Noodles is a must-try recipe for aficionados of Oriental cooking.
Made easily with tomato ketchup thickened with cornflour and boosted with tongue-tickling ingredients like vinegar, soy sauce and ginger-garlic ....
Recipe #22555
Tangy Tomato Sauce for Vegetables and Noodles
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Crispy Rice, Deep Fried Chinese Crispy Rice by Tarla Dalal
Like crispy noodles, Crispy Rice is also a key ingredient in
Chinese cooking often used in sweets, savouries and
Soups as a key ingredient or as a garnish.
Here we show you how to prepare and store some at home, hand ....
Recipe #4186
Crispy Rice, Deep Fried Chinese Crispy Rice
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Green Garlic Sauce by Tarla Dalal
Green garlic or young garlic has a milder, fresher and sweeter taste than mature garlic pods, and this makes it a wonderful ingredient for sauces and dips.
Combining it with some green chillies for spice, coriander for a fresh flavour and lemon juice for tang results in a really tongue-ticklin ....
Recipe #4178
Green Garlic Sauce
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Green Onion and Ginger Dip by Tarla Dalal
The Green Onion and Ginger Dip has a really fresh flavour, which is quite pungent but not as strong as garlicky dips. It appeals to most people and can be comfortably served at parties as an accompaniment for starters like
Crispy Fried Corn and
Recipe #4180
Green Onion and Ginger Dip
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Recipe #4179
Honey Chilli Sauce
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Kimchi, Easy Kimchi by Tarla Dalal
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This crunchy sweet and spicy preparation is the first dish that arrives when you are dining at a
Chinese restaurant.
Kimchi is a general term for any preserved vegetables (that are usually eaten in the winter when vegetables are scarce).
You can also ....
Recipe #4176
Kimchi, Easy Kimchi
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Chilli Oil (Chinese) by Tarla Dalal
A simple way of flavouring oil to add more flavours to our cooking. Chillies add a warm, pungent aroma to the oil.
Recipe #4187
Chilli Oil (Chinese)
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Chillies in Vinegar by Tarla Dalal
Many continental restaurants and nowadays even Indian ones serve shallots in the vinegar as an accompaniment to starters. The Chinese counterpart is Chillies in Vinegar, a tangy, spicy accompaniment to oriental soups, starters and main course too. The chillies become quite palatable when soaked in v ....
Recipe #4177
Chillies in Vinegar
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Chinese 5 Spice Powder by Tarla Dalal
The Chinese Five-Spice Powder is an essential ingredient in the Oriental kitchen. Used commonly in Chinese and Taiwanese cooking, this spice-mix combines five basic flavours, namely sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami (a special savoury taste that is considered part of the five basic flavours in Or ....
Recipe #4189
Chinese 5 Spice Powder
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Schezuan Sauce, Chinese Schezwan Sauce Recipe by Tarla Dalal
If you love Oriental cooking, you must have this sauce in your larder! The Schezuan Sauce is a common addition to several
Chinese recipes including noodle and vegetable preparations.
It can be made quite easily with readily available ingredients, and by pre ....
Recipe #4159
Schezuan Sauce, Chinese Schezwan Sauce Recipe
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Recipe# 1356
26 Nov 13
Spring Roll Wrappers by Tarla Dalal
Spring rolls are a popular starter which are a crowd-pleaser. Instead of buying spring roll wrappers, make them at home using this simple recipe and enjoy spring rolls anytime.
Recipe #1356
Spring Roll Wrappers
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Recipe# 285
21 Nov 12
Red Garlic Sauce ( Chinese Cooking ) by Tarla Dalal
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An intense sauce of garlic and green chillies, with a dash of onions and spring onion whites for crunch and tomato ketchup for tang, the Red Garlic Sauce gets its volume from vegetable stock thickened with cornflour. This Chinese sauce is a great accompaniment for Oriental starters, but combines sup ....
Recipe #285
Red Garlic Sauce ( Chinese Cooking )
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Recipe# 33067
23 Aug 12
Boiled Noodles, Chinese Cooking by Tarla Dalal
Boiled noodles, cooking the perfect noodles, boiled al dente, not sticking to each other, and in full length, is the first right step you take while making a noodles recipe. Follow the instructions to the t, and you are ready to whip up some amazing noodles for your loved ones.
Have a go at popu ....
Recipe #33067
Boiled Noodles, Chinese Cooking
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Recipe# 283
23 Aug 12
Fried Noodles, Chinese Recipe by Tarla Dalal
Crispy Fried Noodles is just the right accompaniment to make a bowl of sumptuous soup all the more exciting! Hakka noodles, fried till golden coloured and crisp, can be cooled and stored in an airtight container for serving with soups as well as for adding to other Chinese preparations.
These fri ....
Recipe #283
Fried Noodles, Chinese Recipe
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