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Sweet and Sour Vegetables
 
 
Prepration: 20 mins.
Cooking: 15 mins.
Serves 4 Cal/Ser 135
 
Ingredients
½ cup pineapple juice or syrup
3-4 baby corns - cut into 2 lengthwise
4-5 medium florets broccoli/cauliflower
3-4 mushrooms - cut into 2 pieces
2 slices pineapple, fresh or tinned - cut into 1" pieces
1 small capsicum - cut into ½" pieces, 2 tbsp oil
½ tsp red chilli paste, 1½ tsp roughly crushed garlic
2-3 spring onions white - cut into slices
3 tbsp vinegar
¼ cup tomato ketchup, ¼ tsp ajinomoto, 4 tsp sugar
1 tsp soya sauce, ½ tsp salt, 1 stock cube - crushed
4 tbsp cornflour mixed in ¼ cup water
 
Method
1. Microwave covered 1½ cups water, ½ cup pineapple juice, baby corns, florets and mushrooms for 6 minutes.
2. Add tomato ketchup, vinegar, ajinomoto, sugar, soya sauce, salt and stock-cube. Add the remaining vegetables - pineapple & capsicum to the above vegetables. Keep aside.
3. Microwave 2 tbsp oil, onions, garlic, red chilli paste in a separate bowl for 3 minutes
4. Add the onions to the vegetables. Add the cornflour paste also. Microwave for 6 minutes stirring once in between. Serve.